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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[If you can accept losing, you can't win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11786]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can accept losing, you can't win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19496]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How could you put methadone in a Dimetapp bottle. They look the same you dumb s---, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29455]]></link><description><![CDATA[How could you put methadone in a Dimetapp bottle. They look the same you dumb s---,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We might not need Barry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34859]]></link><description><![CDATA[We might not need Barry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind To look out through, and his Frailty find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27519]]></link><description><![CDATA[As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind To look out through, and his Frailty find.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, it feels so good, you don't even know. I've been getting killed here for four years and this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man, it feels so good, you don't even know. I've been getting killed here for four years and this is such a tough place to play. I'm just so proud of the guys the way they hung in there and fought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line,  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16474]]></link><description><![CDATA[God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line,  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold   Dominion over palm and pine--    Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,     Lest we forget--lest we forget!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When time ends eternity begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65705]]></link><description><![CDATA[When time ends eternity begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook dominated. She didn't make any mistakes, and if she did, they didn't find them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cook dominated. She didn't make any mistakes, and if she did, they didn't find them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man with a soul is not like every other man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64197]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man with a soul is not like every other man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51368]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fraud is the ready minister of injustice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your spirit is the true shield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your spirit is the true shield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can't step on it. You can't go around it. You've got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9453]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can't step on it. You can't go around it. You've got to get through it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kelvin has been working hard for a little over a month. I wish it could be more, but we'll take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kelvin has been working hard for a little over a month. I wish it could be more, but we'll take what we got and let it work. I'm not worried about his stamina because he's in great shape, it's only now he'll be able to handle himself on the ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24294]]></link><description><![CDATA[How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47055]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefully feel for pressure points. If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Suggest a recess or another meeting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All leaders strive to turn their followers into children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47596]]></link><description><![CDATA[All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had our chance and Phil hit a screamer, but they made the play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37425]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had our chance and Phil hit a screamer, but they made the play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was thy kiss, Love, that made me immortal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23831]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was thy kiss, Love, that made me immortal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each person's back he has given one full of his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each person's back he has given one full of his own faults; in front he has hung a heavy one full of other people's. [Lat., Peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas.  Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit;   Alienis ante pectus supendit gravem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49399]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66713]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to speak to the Greens and the F.D.P. in the next few days. What we need is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33695]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to speak to the Greens and the F.D.P. in the next few days. What we need is the largest possible consensus. We have our own agenda. We need to conduct open talks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28111]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44861]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4272]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed, fresh lily,  And whiter than the sheets! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed, fresh lily,  And whiter than the sheets!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49795]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wide world is all before us-- But a world without a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62207]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wide world is all before us-- But a world without a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50781]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we ought to impress on both our girls and boys that successful marriages require just as much work, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27589]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we ought to impress on both our girls and boys that successful marriages require just as much work, just as much intelligence and just as much unselfish devotion, as they give to any position they undertake to fill on a paid basis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with alacrity towards one that accrues to its own advantage; nor does it ever move towards social purposes on its own initiative, but only under heavy pressure, while its motion towards anti-social purposes is self-sprung.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing good, Disinterested good, is not our trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing good, Disinterested good, is not our trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death cancels everything but truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death cancels everything but truth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What did he do wrong? . . . Did you break some law, or did you rub some people the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36312]]></link><description><![CDATA[What did he do wrong? . . . Did you break some law, or did you rub some people the wrong way?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55280]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; / Somebody called him George and that was the end of it: / They hitched him up to the Army.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11638]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind, he hears Time's iron gates close faintly, He is now far from them;  For he has reached the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behind, he hears Time's iron gates close faintly, He is now far from them;  For he has reached the city of the saintly,   The New Jerusalem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens. [Lat., Dignum laude virum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens. [Lat., Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori;  Coelo Musa beat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what I've been trying to stress the whole time. It's a safety issue. It's only a matter of time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37455]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what I've been trying to stress the whole time. It's a safety issue. It's only a matter of time before someone gets killed or is seriously injured on that road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37455</guid></item></channel></rss>