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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/471]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world abhors closeness, and all but admires extravagance; yet a slack hand shows weakness, and a tight hand strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13335]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world abhors closeness, and all but admires extravagance; yet a slack hand shows weakness, and a tight hand strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45922]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indecision and delays are the parents of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a mouse Shall disturb this hallowed house.  I am sent, with broom, before,   To sweep the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not a mouse Shall disturb this hallowed house.  I am sent, with broom, before,   To sweep the dust behind the door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43373]]></link><description><![CDATA[In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doesn't matter at all. All that matters is we got the victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doesn't matter at all. All that matters is we got the victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil where he is known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then you give your actors broad strokes based on what your idea is for what is going on in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then you give your actors broad strokes based on what your idea is for what is going on in the room and the circumstances surrounding it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits the all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits the all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh till your hearts ake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50043]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh till your hearts ake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42323]]></link><description><![CDATA[love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had gotten complaints from subcontractors and vendors who were not getting paid in a timely manner. As the complaints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38059]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had gotten complaints from subcontractors and vendors who were not getting paid in a timely manner. As the complaints became more frequent, it was a sign the contractor was having some serious problems and would be unable to fulfill their obligations. That is when it reached the point to protect the commission's interest and take the steps necessary to get the project finished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lofty Gate of the Royal Tent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59900]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lofty Gate of the Royal Tent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8863]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain. [Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain. [Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a couple of shifts later. They turn things around so quickly, it's frustrating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53523]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet this climate of peace needs the help of the US and the international community: For without sustained pressure on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet this climate of peace needs the help of the US and the international community: For without sustained pressure on the Israeli government to sit down and negotiate, Israel will only bolster those within Palestinian society who do not share the majority's desire for peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936  Within the life of the church, the paths ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936  Within the life of the church, the paths of the single and the married should not be allowed to diverge. The shared life of the Christian community must become a context in which the differing gifts can be used for each other. There is much still to be learned about this. Are the homes of married Christians an added support for the single? Is the availability of the single Christian put at the disposal of his married friends, for "babysitting" duties and the like. And what is true of the mutual support of married and single needs to be true in a wider way of the care exercised by the married and the single for each other, so that nobody's home life becomes completely cut off from support and help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion is not a popular virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion is not a popular virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is space and time measured by the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is space and time measured by the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm just really excited about it, and I think it needs to be started in the early grades. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37252]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm just really excited about it, and I think it needs to be started in the early grades.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great man is the man who does something for the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63548]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great man is the man who does something for the first time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39101]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always behave like a duck- keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always behave like a duck- keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's what I do for a living. I grew up doing it and this is what I love and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's what I do for a living. I grew up doing it and this is what I love and I hope to do it for a long time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688  Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, ... but delight to be alone and single with Omnipresency... Life is pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is rare to qualify for the waiver. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32910]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is rare to qualify for the waiver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sends cold according to Cloathes. [God sends cold according to clothes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49275]]></link><description><![CDATA[God sends cold according to Cloathes. [God sends cold according to clothes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65199]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My eyes make pictures, when they are shut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12869]]></link><description><![CDATA[My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow That innocence can give,  When its resistless accents flow   To bid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20951]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow That innocence can give,  When its resistless accents flow   To bid affection live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39150]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The man that lives by hope, will die by despair]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's still some room to grow with their product lines. The question is what they'll do to grow the brand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42566]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's still some room to grow with their product lines. The question is what they'll do to grow the brand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54726]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy. [Lat., Sed tacitus pasci si posset corvus, haberet  Plus dapis, et rixae multo minus invidiaeque.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62218]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43102</guid></item></channel></rss>