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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19215]]></link><description><![CDATA[My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43819]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If but a dozen French Were there in arms, they would be as a call  To train ten thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56718]]></link><description><![CDATA[If but a dozen French Were there in arms, they would be as a call  To train ten thousand English to their side,   Or as a little snow, tumbled about,    Anon becomes a mountain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sings frightens away his ills. [Sp., Quien canta, sus males espanta.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56449]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sings frightens away his ills. [Sp., Quien canta, sus males espanta.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13433]]></link><description><![CDATA[The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/358]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She really looked strong out there. She lost it a little bit at the end, but she came back. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39444]]></link><description><![CDATA[She really looked strong out there. She lost it a little bit at the end, but she came back. That's what I like about her, she'll always come back strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15861]]></link><description><![CDATA[A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am nothing and to nothing tend, On earth I nothing have and nothing claim,  Man's noblest works must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62137]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am nothing and to nothing tend, On earth I nothing have and nothing claim,  Man's noblest works must have one common end,   And nothing crown the tablet of his name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes milites bellis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27955]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4646]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am really, I think, truly an easygoing, positive, fun person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66293]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am really, I think, truly an easygoing, positive, fun person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23865]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual one; the kiss of love, of joy, and of sorrow; the seal of promise and receipt of fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party?  Time was made for slaves,   But never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party?  Time was made for slaves,   But never for us so hearty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think all great innovations are built on rejections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think all great innovations are built on rejections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing out my soul, thy songs of joy; Such as a happy bird will sing,  Beneath a Rainbow's lovely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing out my soul, thy songs of joy; Such as a happy bird will sing,  Beneath a Rainbow's lovely arch,   In early spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not bellow out the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56897]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not bellow out the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expected. High oil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28925]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expected. High oil prices played a pivotal role in the market's magnificent run, as they did in stock markets in neighboring oil-rich Gulf States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was ridiculous, who after sixth years, appealed to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was ridiculous, who after sixth years, appealed to a physician.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46036]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think countries in the region are ruled by constitutions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think countries in the region are ruled by constitutions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started with my buddies when I was in high school, ... We all had shelves of old beer cans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36415]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started with my buddies when I was in high school, ... We all had shelves of old beer cans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great intellects are skeptical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great intellects are skeptical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a hard loss, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30617]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a hard loss,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracefully, gracefully glides our bark On the bosom of Father Thames,  And before her bows the wavelets dark  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracefully, gracefully glides our bark On the bosom of Father Thames,  And before her bows the wavelets dark   Break into a thousand gems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32505]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day! Faster and more fast,  O'er night's brim, day boils at last;   Boils, pure gold, o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day! Faster and more fast,  O'er night's brim, day boils at last;   Boils, pure gold, o'er the cloud-cup's brim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45587]]></link><description><![CDATA[All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; Ilooked into the soul of the boy next ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22755]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; Ilooked into the soul of the boy next to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plus, you'll have higher metal exports because of rising metal prices around the world, driven by Chinese growth ... and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plus, you'll have higher metal exports because of rising metal prices around the world, driven by Chinese growth ... and by the reconstruction of (typhoon affected) areas in the US.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must sacrifice, train, do everything possible to put yourself in a position to win. But if you consider second ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57577]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must sacrifice, train, do everything possible to put yourself in a position to win. But if you consider second or third a failure, I feel sorry for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serene I told my hands and wait, Nor care for wind or tide nor sea;  I rave no more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Serene I told my hands and wait, Nor care for wind or tide nor sea;  I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,   For lo! my own shall come to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5452]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5452</guid></item></channel></rss>