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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And plenty makes us poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47881]]></link><description><![CDATA[And plenty makes us poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16367]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66403]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women made us lose paradise, but how frequently we find it again in their arms ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women made us lose paradise, but how frequently we find it again in their arms]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   Every wise workman takes his tools away from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise Jehovah take his ministers oftentimes away into darkness and loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and prepare them for harder work in his service.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those are some pretty big hits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those are some pretty big hits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't worry! It's not loaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't worry! It's not loaded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new organization will further enhance the regional identity of our electric distribution businesses and provide a greater focus on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35984]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new organization will further enhance the regional identity of our electric distribution businesses and provide a greater focus on the electric generation business. The leaders of these business units bring a high level of knowledge and experience to their new positions with the common objective to deliver outstanding service to their customers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not waste my time in answering abuse; I thrive under it like a field that benefits from manure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/246]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not waste my time in answering abuse; I thrive under it like a field that benefits from manure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10590]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's done cannot be undone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51385]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's done cannot be undone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20187]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can be trusted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really have a secret satisfaction in being considered rather mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27325]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really have a secret satisfaction in being considered rather mad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few great men could pass personal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few great men could pass personal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews; Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse;  Sharp Boreas blows, and nature feels ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61723]]></link><description><![CDATA[But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews; Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse;  Sharp Boreas blows, and nature feels decay,   Time conquers all, and we must time obey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way,  Should flow, like waters after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10087]]></link><description><![CDATA[But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way,  Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs,   Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38736]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is richest who is content with the least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28153]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is richest who is content with the least.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50251]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50799]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[At Bacchus, which has 140 seats in its main dining room,] the booths and the corners are the most requested ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31381]]></link><description><![CDATA[[At Bacchus, which has 140 seats in its main dining room,] the booths and the corners are the most requested tables, ... If you're four persons as opposed to two, my first option would be to give it to four. But if I'm not busy I'll accommodate two.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A line runs from the meditations of the heart to the words of the mouth. The meditations are not clear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52183]]></link><description><![CDATA[A line runs from the meditations of the heart to the words of the mouth. The meditations are not clear to us until the mouth utters its words. If what the mouth utters is unclear or foolish or mendacious, it must be that the meditations are the same. But the line runs both ways. The words of the mouth will become the meditations of the heart, and the habit of loose talk loosens the fastenings of our understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11114]]></link><description><![CDATA[In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around in silent grandeur stood The stately children of the wood;  Maple and elm and towering pine   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Around in silent grandeur stood The stately children of the wood;  Maple and elm and towering pine   Mantled in folds of dark woodbine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   The man who has never had religion before, no more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   The man who has never had religion before, no more grows religious when he is sick, than a man who has never learned figures can count when he has need of calculation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every guest hates the others, and the host hates them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every guest hates the others, and the host hates them all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63912]]></link><description><![CDATA[By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What! can so young a thorn begin to prick? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51327]]></link><description><![CDATA[What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In five years, I can see the emergence of a Chinese software company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40615]]></link><description><![CDATA[In five years, I can see the emergence of a Chinese software company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopefully I'll be up here again in a better position in the coming years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hopefully I'll be up here again in a better position in the coming years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6416]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he fall into wrath and bitterness, and a judging spirit towards his neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17811]]></link><description><![CDATA[I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50877]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is increased by spreading it to others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is increased by spreading it to others]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legends are material to be moulded, and not facts to be recorded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Legends are material to be moulded, and not facts to be recorded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ We want you to know that we recognize your hard work and compassion on behalf of the children and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34692]]></link><description><![CDATA[ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ We want you to know that we recognize your hard work and compassion on behalf of the children and the families you have affected. We commend your commitment, determination and professional expertise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mills and wives ever want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mills and wives ever want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59359</guid></item></channel></rss>