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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't even know what street Canada is on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28134]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't even know what street Canada is on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't understand why they were waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40834]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't understand why they were waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It just shows how global basketball is, how unifying basketball is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28869]]></link><description><![CDATA[It just shows how global basketball is, how unifying basketball is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28287]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last,  His heaven commences ere the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19094]]></link><description><![CDATA[While resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last,  His heaven commences ere the world be past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8658]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it would be a tough run for her and she will be 67 years old, after she used ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35637]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it would be a tough run for her and she will be 67 years old, after she used age against Morgenthau.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the fire-proofer of emotions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the fire-proofer of emotions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what will not ambition and revenge Descend to? who aspires must down as low  As high he soar'd, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2335]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what will not ambition and revenge Descend to? who aspires must down as low  As high he soar'd, obnoxious first and last   To basest things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . comes from virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There have been lots of players in history that have had a combination of skill and scoring ability and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39657]]></link><description><![CDATA[There have been lots of players in history that have had a combination of skill and scoring ability and the ability to grind it out and play a physical way. Certainly, he was a real good one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green,  The Holly leaves a sober hue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19584]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green,  The Holly leaves a sober hue display   Less bright than they,    But when the bare and wintry woods we see,     What then so cheerful as the Holly-tree?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11635]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sottish ignorance and infidelity to suppose that, under the Gospel, there is no communication between God and us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7348]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sottish ignorance and infidelity to suppose that, under the Gospel, there is no communication between God and us but what is, on His part, in laws, commands, and promises; and an ours, by obedience performed in our strength and upon our convictions unto them. To exclude hence the real internal operations of the Holy Ghost, is to destroy the Gospel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never was anything great achieved without danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never was anything great achieved without danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still harping on my daughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still harping on my daughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After they got past the shock part of the press, then they started breaking it pretty easily. So we had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39721]]></link><description><![CDATA[After they got past the shock part of the press, then they started breaking it pretty easily. So we had to get out of that for a while. It was as good a start was we wanted for the first five minutes. Then we gave up a foul here and a foul there and put them to the free throw line. The Stinson girl is tough, she was hitting free throws. All of them are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get "something." That's the way our system works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get "something." That's the way our system works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine!  'Twixt that and reason what a nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22828]]></link><description><![CDATA[How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine!  'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier!   Forever sep'rate, yet forever near!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You might get a No.1 pick like Peyton Manning. Ask the Colts if they think the system is working. Or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36021]]></link><description><![CDATA[You might get a No.1 pick like Peyton Manning. Ask the Colts if they think the system is working. Or ask the Cowboys with Troy Aikman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47552]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12187]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses O! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses O!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budinton Kelland. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45501]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budinton Kelland.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[If] there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8415]]></link><description><![CDATA[[If] there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate such difference in each other, until God shall have revealed the truth to all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cotton is king; or slavery in the Light of Political Economy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cotton is king; or slavery in the Light of Political Economy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all my travels I never met with any one Scotchman but what was a man of sense. I believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54893]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all my travels I never met with any one Scotchman but what was a man of sense. I believe everybody of that country that has any, leaves it as fast as they can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20292]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49401]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14099]]></link><description><![CDATA["Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to die. I am not allowed to vindicate my character; and when I am prevented from vindicating myself, let no man dare calumniate me. Let my character and motives repose in obscurity and peace, till other times and other men can do them justice."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253   The Word of God can grow to be only a hunting-ground for texts; and we can preach, meaning intensely every word we utter, and yet in reality only lost for the moment like an actor in his part, or at least leaving it to the folk to live it out; for us, bless me, we have no time for that, but are already immersed, poor harried souls, in determining what we shall preach on next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing that they do before they do anything is interventions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37254]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing that they do before they do anything is interventions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now stir the fire, and close the shudders fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,  And while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now stir the fire, and close the shudders fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,  And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn   Throws up a steamy column, and the cups,    That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,     So let us welcome peaceful evening in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that if we are not beautiful to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that if we are not beautiful to each other, we cannot know beauty in any form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who hesitates is sometimes saved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20713]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who hesitates is sometimes saved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63224]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63419]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Caske and an ill custome must be broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49004]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64531</guid></item></channel></rss>