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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63627]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56677]]></link><description><![CDATA[In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that we are is the result of what we have thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16291]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that we are is the result of what we have thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is 99 percent failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is 99 percent failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamity is the test of integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is the test of integrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While good rains in August and September have alleviated drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois, the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37827]]></link><description><![CDATA[While good rains in August and September have alleviated drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois, the most severely affected area in northern Illinois remains stubbornly dry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They shall not pass till the stars be darkened: Two swords crossed in front of the Hun;  Never a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61130]]></link><description><![CDATA[They shall not pass till the stars be darkened: Two swords crossed in front of the Hun;  Never a groan but God has harkened,   Counting their cruelties one by one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home. No matter how you lived ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8735]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home. No matter how you lived there-well or poorly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44983]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59058]]></link><description><![CDATA[I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11190]]></link><description><![CDATA[We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True nobility is exempt from fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44563]]></link><description><![CDATA[True nobility is exempt from fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will not reduce America's dependence on oil and it will not create a cleaner energy future. Instead the bill ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29410]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will not reduce America's dependence on oil and it will not create a cleaner energy future. Instead the bill allows big oil companies to pollute water supplies, plunder the Treasury and attack our coastlines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot Walter! Shoot like it was the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shoot Walter! Shoot like it was the devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She must temper her anger and frustration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38910]]></link><description><![CDATA[She must temper her anger and frustration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44768]]></link><description><![CDATA[How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou  Beside me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45467]]></link><description><![CDATA[A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou  Beside me singing in the Wilderness--   On, Wilderness were Paradise enow!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To God, thy countrie, and thy friend be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15635]]></link><description><![CDATA[To God, thy countrie, and thy friend be true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10806]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In that fierce light which beats upon a throne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54522]]></link><description><![CDATA[In that fierce light which beats upon a throne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58030]]></link><description><![CDATA[I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[He said] that it was a great delusion to think that the times of prayer ought to differ from other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7634]]></link><description><![CDATA[[He said] that it was a great delusion to think that the times of prayer ought to differ from other times; that we are as strictly obliged to adhere to God by action in the time of action as by prayer in the season of prayer. That his view of prayer was nothing else but a sense of the Presence of God, his soul being at that time insensible to everything but Divine Love; and that when the appointed times of prayer were past, he found no difference, because he still continued with God, praising and blessing Him with all his might, so that he passed his life in continual joy; yet hoped that God would give him somewhat to suffer when he should have grown stronger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We payt a person the complement of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26150]]></link><description><![CDATA[We payt a person the complement of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the noise Of ancient trees falling while all was still  Before the storm, in the long interval ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59686]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the noise Of ancient trees falling while all was still  Before the storm, in the long interval   Between the gathering clouds and that light breeze    Which Germans call the Wind's bride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainlyregret what is already past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainlyregret what is already past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played good defense (all game) and ran our offense (in the second half). When we do that, we can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30608]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played good defense (all game) and ran our offense (in the second half). When we do that, we can win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61496]]></link><description><![CDATA[I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your bounty is beyond my speaking; But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your bounty is beyond my speaking; But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They found holes everywhere. Actually, they didn't have to find holes, because they hit the ball right to us and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35405]]></link><description><![CDATA[They found holes everywhere. Actually, they didn't have to find holes, because they hit the ball right to us and we still missed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189  To realize that you are safe and happy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189  To realize that you are safe and happy standing at God's side, with His love encompassing you because you are forgiven; too happy to take offense any more; too much in love with life to want to be made miserable with an unforgiving heart, and knowing that now every conflict is a chance to learn more of the exceeding beauty of Love: that is worth living for, and surely worth dying to this misery-making self for. [Continued tomorrow]  ... The Notebooks of Florence Allshorn  February 5, 1998  And let us be grateful beyond words for this: that God will not let us alone until we have learnt it and stand by His side. He troubles us, He brings His disturbing light back and back to us, showing us how coarse and heavy the dying self, seeking her own, is; how horrible it is that any feeling of unforgiveness, accepted and held on to, towards our brother, drives God from our side; how quickly we must do all we can to heal the separation, because we are out in the cold and the dark indeed, if divorced from that Love.  ... The Notebooks of Florence Allshorn  February 6, 1998  Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597  Prayer is the expression of a good desire. The human heart is full of restless desires, and the prayers of men consist for the most part of the unsifted petitions which are urged by their varying passions. To desire what is right, and to desire it consistently, and passionately, is the first condition of true living; the desires can be corrected only by truth, the mind must apprehend God, and then it will say, "There is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53501]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44145]]></link><description><![CDATA[The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation... most of our language about the organization and objective's of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards which we apply. However it would never result in the abolishment of down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The remarkable thing about the terror in Iraq, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34954]]></link><description><![CDATA[The remarkable thing about the terror in Iraq,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all consider Jeremy to be a huge part of this team and this program. He's just a great person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40551]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all consider Jeremy to be a huge part of this team and this program. He's just a great person and a great friend, and he's helped us all understand his culture a little bit more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drugs are a bet with your mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drugs are a bet with your mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13026</guid></item></channel></rss>