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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710  It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710  It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people; "for the kingdom of God consisteth in simplicity of faith, not in wordy contention.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A novel is a mirror carried along a main road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25321]]></link><description><![CDATA[A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avarice is the vice of declining years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avarice is the vice of declining years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26056]]></link><description><![CDATA[What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romances paint at full length people's wooings, But only give a bust of marriages:  For no one cares for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Romances paint at full length people's wooings, But only give a bust of marriages:  For no one cares for matrimonial cooings.   There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.    Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife,     He would have written sonnets all his life?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wants nothing of a god but eternity and a heaven to throne in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14217]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wants nothing of a god but eternity and a heaven to throne in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time we got a camera it was gone, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30709]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time we got a camera it was gone,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happie is hee that chastens himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he was snoring serenely near the fountain of Salsabil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to be careful we don't do a lot of miles on Friday and Saturday and keep the engine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34885]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to be careful we don't do a lot of miles on Friday and Saturday and keep the engine safe for the race on Sunday,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[they are always tough here and have been known to pull out some tricks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30345]]></link><description><![CDATA[they are always tough here and have been known to pull out some tricks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time or tide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time or tide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Are The Living Graves Of Murdered Beasts We are the living graves of murdered beastsSlaughtered to satisfy our appetitesWe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Are The Living Graves Of Murdered Beasts We are the living graves of murdered beastsSlaughtered to satisfy our appetitesWe never pause to wonder at our feastsIf animals, like men, can possiblyhave rightsWe pray on Sundays that we may have lightTo guide our footsteps on the path wetreadWe're sick of war We do not want tofightThe thought of it now fills our hearts with dreadAnd yet we gorge ourselves upon the deadLike carrion crows we live and feed on meatRegardless of the suffering and painWe cause by doing so. If thus we treatDefenseless animals for sport or gainHow can we hope in this world to attainthe PEACE we say we are so anxious forWe pray for it o'er hecatombs of slain To God, while outraging the moral lawThus cruelty begets its offspring: war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are only as loyal as their options. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are only as loyal as their options.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know exactly what democracy is. But we need more of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47453]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know exactly what democracy is. But we need more of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that we filed suit shows how important the issue is to us. It may be unwise to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28958]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that we filed suit shows how important the issue is to us. It may be unwise to make any significant change in our posture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The path you had chosen, may not be the right time for you. There may be something else which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62931]]></link><description><![CDATA[The path you had chosen, may not be the right time for you. There may be something else which is undone and God wants you to focus on it before travelling on your desired path. Everything has its own time. Follow your conscience and don't forget your priorities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26775]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow "too much.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle  [Ger., Die ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle  [Ger., Die Botschaft hor' ich wohl, allein mir fehlt der Glaube;   Das Wunder ist des Glaubens liebstes Kind.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was greek to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24074]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was greek to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigh to a grave that was newly made, Leaned a sexton old on his earth-worn spade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nigh to a grave that was newly made, Leaned a sexton old on his earth-worn spade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those Rooks, dear, from morning till night, They seem to do nothing but quarrel and fight,  And wrangle and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those Rooks, dear, from morning till night, They seem to do nothing but quarrel and fight,  And wrangle and jangle, and plunder.   - Dinah Maria Mulock (used pseudonym Mrs. Craik),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue. [Lat., Ignavissimus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue. [Lat., Ignavissimus quisque, et ut res docuit, in periculo non ausurus, nimis verbis et lingua feroces.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3652]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  I endeavor to keep all Shibboleths, and forms and terms of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  I endeavor to keep all Shibboleths, and forms and terms of distinction out of sight, as we keep knives and razors out of the way of children; and if my hearers had not some other means of information, I think they would not know from me that there are such creatures as Arminians and Calvinists in the world. But we [would] talk a good deal about Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are certainly encouraging conservation of fuel, at this point, ... We are not at a panic stage at this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38464]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are certainly encouraging conservation of fuel, at this point, ... We are not at a panic stage at this point but we need to be smart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the cooling hour, just when the rounded Red sun sinks down behind the azure hill,  Which then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58326]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the cooling hour, just when the rounded Red sun sinks down behind the azure hill,  Which then seems as if the whole earth is bounded,   Circling all nature, hush'd, and dim, and still,    With the far mountain-crescent half surrounded     On one side, and the deep sea calm and chill      Upon the other, and the rosy sky       With one star sparkling through it like an eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1212]]></link><description><![CDATA[The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. -Henry Peter Broughan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. -Henry Peter Broughan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't, this is it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40173]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't, this is it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men forget but never forgive. Women forgive but never forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men forget but never forgive. Women forgive but never forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, andmediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22717]]></link><description><![CDATA[All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, andmediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23446]]></link><description><![CDATA[The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ironically, rural America has become viewed by a growing number of Americans as having a higher quality of life not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ironically, rural America has become viewed by a growing number of Americans as having a higher quality of life not because of what it has, but rather because of what it does not have!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If by ‘about’ you mean ‘in a circle around,’ then yes, we’re doing something about the problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66290]]></link><description><![CDATA[If by ‘about’ you mean ‘in a circle around,’ then yes, we’re doing something about the problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52275]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on- can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion, even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preferment goes by letter and affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preferment goes by letter and affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43258]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43258</guid></item></channel></rss>