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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John & Henry Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1813, 1873   Here [in the Gospels] is something that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John & Henry Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1813, 1873   Here [in the Gospels] is something that the layman can hold on to, quite apart from the vagaries of critical scholarship, for it is a portrait unaffected by the authenticity of any particular saying or story. Such an encounter with the historical Jesus is, of course, not the same as Christian faith in him. Even Caiaphas, Herod, and Pontius Pilate encountered him in this way. Christian faith is still a matter of decision -- either this Man is God's redemptive act, or he is not. Nor is the historical Jesus the object of our faith. That object is the Risen Christ preached by the Church. But the Risen Christ is in continuity with the historical Jesus, and it is the historical Jesus which makes the Risen Christ not just an abstraction, but clothes him with flesh and blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Palestinian Authority has faced a serious financial crisis since the start of the month. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Palestinian Authority has faced a serious financial crisis since the start of the month.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion is a mental picture seen through an imaginary keyhole ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion is a mental picture seen through an imaginary keyhole]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876  Let the seeking man reach a place where life and lips join to say continually, "Be thou exalted," and a thousand minor problems will be solved at once. His Christian life ceases to be the complicated thing it had been before and becomes the very essence of simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me that after 12 years of lawlessness and disorder that we would be able to hold an ideal democratic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me that after 12 years of lawlessness and disorder that we would be able to hold an ideal democratic election in just a year or two. What's important is that we are moving toward democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44454]]></link><description><![CDATA[As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me a kisse, and to that kisse a score; Then to that twenty, adde a hundred more;  A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me a kisse, and to that kisse a score; Then to that twenty, adde a hundred more;  A thousand to that hundred; so kiss on,   To make that thousand up a million;    Treble that million, and when that is done,     Let's kisse afresh, as when we first begun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60996]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1735]]></link><description><![CDATA[In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A married man turns his staffe into a stake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49060]]></link><description><![CDATA[A married man turns his staffe into a stake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know that we're willing to do that tonight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41009]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know that we're willing to do that tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's about stuff that first makes people laugh, and then makes them think. What they think is up to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41400]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's about stuff that first makes people laugh, and then makes them think. What they think is up to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59149]]></link><description><![CDATA[People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true ship is the ship builder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true ship is the ship builder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always dressed according to certain Basic Guy Fashion Rules, including: * Both of your socks should always be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27168]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always dressed according to certain Basic Guy Fashion Rules, including: * Both of your socks should always be the same color * Or they should at least both be fairly dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64127]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trouble is part of your life - if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trouble is part of your life - if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough. -Dinah Shore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes people to run a city. And they are expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42114]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes people to run a city. And they are expensive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34278]]></link><description><![CDATA[But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inquiry committee has ripped away the curtain, and shone a harsh light into the most unsightly corners of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40208]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inquiry committee has ripped away the curtain, and shone a harsh light into the most unsightly corners of the organization,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England expects that every man will do his duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13068]]></link><description><![CDATA[England expects that every man will do his duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13068</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[Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't have to touch someone to love them, It's not in the kiss, It's in the times you don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25889]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't have to touch someone to love them, It's not in the kiss, It's in the times you don't kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47506]]></link><description><![CDATA[This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead. [Lat., Quem metuont oderunt, quem quisque odit periisse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead. [Lat., Quem metuont oderunt, quem quisque odit periisse expetit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And let these altars, wreathed with flowers And piled with fruits, awake again  Thanksgivings for the golden hours,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58998]]></link><description><![CDATA[And let these altars, wreathed with flowers And piled with fruits, awake again  Thanksgivings for the golden hours,   The early and the latter rain!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38401]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of All Souls  If you ask me how I believe in God, how God creates Himself in me, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of All Souls  If you ask me how I believe in God, how God creates Himself in me, and reveals Himself to me, my answer may perhaps provoke your smiles or laughter, and even scandalize you. I believe in God as I believe in my friends, because I feel the breath of His affection, feel His invisible and intangible hand drawing me, leading me, grasping me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a big kid. We have to be able to wrap up and gang tackle. We have to be ready ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33519]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a big kid. We have to be able to wrap up and gang tackle. We have to be ready for a physical game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19680]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While a lot of African Americans and Latinos may have negative perceptions about the military, they can still identify with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39206]]></link><description><![CDATA[While a lot of African Americans and Latinos may have negative perceptions about the military, they can still identify with the strength of the soldier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with Papua is: who has the legitimacy to negotiate on behalf of Papuans with the government? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33551]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with Papua is: who has the legitimacy to negotiate on behalf of Papuans with the government?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding is curing ignorance and curing ignorance is abolishing fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understanding is curing ignorance and curing ignorance is abolishing fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate!  Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate!  Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures,   He lays for us the pillows straight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings. - "The Washington Post", June 13, 1978. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings. - "The Washington Post", June 13, 1978.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was one of most amazing games I've been involved with ... We just missed a couple opportunities to win ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33624]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was one of most amazing games I've been involved with ... We just missed a couple opportunities to win the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33624</guid></item></channel></rss>