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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[You go where you would normally go in your place of business, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31558]]></link><description><![CDATA[You go where you would normally go in your place of business,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to call up somebody in the community to help out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41548]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to call up somebody in the community to help out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darker than darkest pansies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darker than darkest pansies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/437]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I plucked a honeysuckle where The hedge on high is quick with thorn,  And climbing for the prize, was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19692]]></link><description><![CDATA[I plucked a honeysuckle where The hedge on high is quick with thorn,  And climbing for the prize, was torn,   And fouled my feet in quag-water;    And by the thorns and by the wind     The blossom that I took was thinn'd      And yet I found it sweet and fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no dogma that the organ or harmonium can be used in church, but not the drum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34986]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no dogma that the organ or harmonium can be used in church, but not the drum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16014]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is art But life upon the larger scale, the higher,  When, graduating up in a spiral line  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48354]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is art But life upon the larger scale, the higher,  When, graduating up in a spiral line   Of still expanding and ascending gyres,    It pushed toward the intense significance     Of all things, hungry for the Infinite?      Art's life--and where we live, we suffer and toil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   None can become fit for the future life, who hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   None can become fit for the future life, who hath not practiced himself for it now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16966]]></link><description><![CDATA[But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The front row of people is 50 feet away, which throws you off. But the crowd reaction was pretty amazing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The front row of people is 50 feet away, which throws you off. But the crowd reaction was pretty amazing, from what I could see. Rocking that many people, that's something I'd like to get used to doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color red and red reminds you of the color your not supposed to wear around a bull. So you name the song Cow."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be friends, Cinna, it is I who invite you to be so. [Fr., Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est moi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be friends, Cinna, it is I who invite you to be so. [Fr., Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est moi qui t'en convie.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 Incarnate Word! Thou Word of God alone!   To live of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 Incarnate Word! Thou Word of God alone!   To live of love, 'tis to abide with Thee. Thou knowest I love Thee, Jesus Christ, my Own!   Thy Spirit's fire of love enkindleth me. By loving Thee, I draw the Father here   Down to my heart, to stay with me always. Blest Trinity! Thou art my prisoner dear,   Of love, to-day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ripest fruit first falls. -King Richard II. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ripest fruit first falls. -King Richard II. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is clear yet ... the man cannot remain in these conditions ... his health is deteriorating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is clear yet ... the man cannot remain in these conditions ... his health is deteriorating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a good feeling about the new cabinet, especially as the reformists are still around. We need some continuity as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29908]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a good feeling about the new cabinet, especially as the reformists are still around. We need some continuity as far as reforms are concerned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53654]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious and cunning prehuman creature that is still within us, sealed in the subconscious cellars of the psyche.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed;  Smiles by his cheerful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19623]]></link><description><![CDATA[At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed;  Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys   His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze;    While his lov'd partner, boastful of her hoard,     Displays her cleanly platter on the board.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4716]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is fate. (Destiny) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is fate. (Destiny)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582 O God, grant that today  I may not disappoint any friend; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582 O God, grant that today  I may not disappoint any friend;  I may not grieve any loved one;  I may not fail anyone to whom I have a duty;  I may not shame myself. Grant that today  I may do my work with honesty and fidelity;  I may take my pleasure in happiness and purity. Grant that today  I may lead no one astray;  I may not make goodness and faith harder for anyone. Help me today  to be a help and example to all;  to bring strength and encouragement wherever I am: Through Jesus Christ my Lord, Amen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted. - The Wretched of the Earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27695]]></link><description><![CDATA[For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted. - The Wretched of the Earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have notyet learned how to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21644]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have notyet learned how to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day; their old familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the word repeat of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day; their old familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the word repeat of peace on earth, good-will to men!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even; A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even; A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44369]]></link><description><![CDATA[My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't even sure we were going to be here but to have the medals around our necks is just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30050]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't even sure we were going to be here but to have the medals around our necks is just amazing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is to hope, though hope were lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19759]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is to hope, though hope were lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This case was brought by his family to justice and is handled by the judiciary, which is independent. But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40045]]></link><description><![CDATA[This case was brought by his family to justice and is handled by the judiciary, which is independent. But the government of Afghanistan is still committed to the respect of human rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A merry monarch, scandalous and poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54530]]></link><description><![CDATA[A merry monarch, scandalous and poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Then are we servants of God, then are we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26253]]></link><description><![CDATA[But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark the Night, with breath all flowers, And tender broken voice that fills  With ravishment the listening hours,--  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dark the Night, with breath all flowers, And tender broken voice that fills  With ravishment the listening hours,--   Whisperings, wooings,    Liquid ripples, and soft ring-dove cooings     In low-toned rhythm that love's aching stills!      Dark the night       Yet is she bright,        For in her dark she brings the mystic star,         Trembling yet strong, as is the voice of love,          From some unknown afar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his duty to avoid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50302]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his duty to avoid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such a slender moon, going up and up, Waxing so fast from night to night,  And swelling like an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such a slender moon, going up and up, Waxing so fast from night to night,  And swelling like an orange flower-bud, bright,   Fated, methought, to round as to a golden cup,    And hold to my two lips life's best of wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt, yet start at shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt, yet start at shame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63582]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26224</guid></item></channel></rss>