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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing some very strong global growth trends so that should prop up exports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36352]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing some very strong global growth trends so that should prop up exports.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If that proves not to be possible then I think as a community we're prepared to trust to the good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38770]]></link><description><![CDATA[If that proves not to be possible then I think as a community we're prepared to trust to the good offices of the premier and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52295]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9519]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9636]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China has declared its commitment to human rights and has raised expectations for the country to match its growing prosperity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41091]]></link><description><![CDATA[China has declared its commitment to human rights and has raised expectations for the country to match its growing prosperity with a firm commitment to advancing human rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689  We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689  We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To greed, all nature is insufficient. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18296]]></link><description><![CDATA[To greed, all nature is insufficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64393]]></link><description><![CDATA[And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28061]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11049]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27435]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never never allows us to forget that we belong to it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never never allows us to forget that we belong to it. [Lat., Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine captos  Ducit, et immemores non sinit esse sui.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47467]]></link><description><![CDATA[The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1650]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52364]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So sweet the blush of bashfulness, E'en pity scarce can wish it less! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4371]]></link><description><![CDATA[So sweet the blush of bashfulness, E'en pity scarce can wish it less!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:  In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We taught him enough basics to survive the fight. We work mainly on defense. Of course we want to win, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32267]]></link><description><![CDATA[We taught him enough basics to survive the fight. We work mainly on defense. Of course we want to win, but we respect all fighters.we fight to win, not to lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your enemies in front of you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your enemies in front of you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This shows that criminals are attempting to stay ahead of the game by trying to evade detection at British ports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37840]]></link><description><![CDATA[This shows that criminals are attempting to stay ahead of the game by trying to evade detection at British ports.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And spare the poet for his subject's sake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46856]]></link><description><![CDATA[And spare the poet for his subject's sake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damn right, it's fun. There's good company. It's creative. It's adventurous. Combines high adventure and art with intellection. It's more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Damn right, it's fun. There's good company. It's creative. It's adventurous. Combines high adventure and art with intellection. It's more fun than polo. It's like going undefeated in football. [When asked if making movies is fun].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they him spy, As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,  Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17200]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they him spy, As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,  Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,   Rising and cawing at the gun's report,    Sever themselves and madly sweep the sky;     So at his sight away his fellows fly,      And at our stamp here o'er and o'er one falls;       He murder cries and help from Athens calls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64176]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cost of living is dying, everybody pays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11432]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cost of living is dying, everybody pays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41555]]></link><description><![CDATA[She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4825]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46413]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2438]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that we should have nothing to do with conquest]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of her life shall sweetly creep Into his study of imagination, And every lovely organ of her life, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55453]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of her life shall sweetly creep Into his study of imagination, And every lovely organ of her life, Shall come apparell'd in more precious habit, More moving-delicate and full of life Into the eye and prospect of his soul. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, we have injected UF6 gas into a limited number of centrifuge machines but it is even less than what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, we have injected UF6 gas into a limited number of centrifuge machines but it is even less than what is needed for a pilot project.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   If Religion has raised us into a new world, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   If Religion has raised us into a new world, if it has filled us with new ends of life, if it has taken possession of our hearts, and altered the whole turn of our minds, if it has changed all our ideas of things, given us a new set of hopes and fears, and taught us to live by the realities of an invisible world -- then we may humbly hope that we are true followers of the Holy Jesus, and such as may rejoice in the Day of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What then? What rests? Try what repentance can. What can it not?  Yet what can it when one cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53828]]></link><description><![CDATA[What then? What rests? Try what repentance can. What can it not?  Yet what can it when one cannot repent?   O wretched state? O bosom black as death!    O limed soul, that struggling to be free     Art more engaged!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're always disappointed but I wasn't shocked. I felt we were probably a win or two short. That's the way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32538]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're always disappointed but I wasn't shocked. I felt we were probably a win or two short. That's the way it ended up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49414]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22513]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to face the responsibilities of not doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22513</guid></item></channel></rss>