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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Zephyr only breathe And with her tresses play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Zephyr only breathe And with her tresses play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't want 5 a.m. wakeup calls with a front loader moving in front of someone's driveway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34543]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't want 5 a.m. wakeup calls with a front loader moving in front of someone's driveway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can handle the puck in a crowd, he has great speed. If they call the rules the way they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37379]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can handle the puck in a crowd, he has great speed. If they call the rules the way they say they are going to call the rules, he should be great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arm of Erin, prove strong, but be gentle as brave, And, uplifted to strike, still be ready to save;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arm of Erin, prove strong, but be gentle as brave, And, uplifted to strike, still be ready to save;  Not one feeling of vengeance presume to defile   The cause or the men of the Emerald Isle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like the fashion of your garments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15346]]></link><description><![CDATA[You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like the fashion of your garments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, Dance like nobody's watching, Sing like nobody's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, Dance like nobody's watching, Sing like nobody's listening, Live like it's heaven on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call a fig a fig, and a skiff a skiff. [Lat., Ficum vocamus ficum, et scapham scapham.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43648]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call a fig a fig, and a skiff a skiff. [Lat., Ficum vocamus ficum, et scapham scapham.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and bring joy, care enough about yourself to make room ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2250]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and bring joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57120]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Architecture is frozen music. [Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Architecture is frozen music. [Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is more important than the facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59843]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is more important than the facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When 9-11 happened, our listeners were so generous, wanting to help and do anything they could, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40091]]></link><description><![CDATA[When 9-11 happened, our listeners were so generous, wanting to help and do anything they could,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Widow and Her Little MaidensA widow who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens to wait on her. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1577]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Widow and Her Little MaidensA widow who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens to wait on her. She was in the habit of waking them early in the morning, at cockcrow. The maidens, aggravated by such excessive labor, resolved to kill the cock who roused their mistress so early. When they had done this, they found that they had only prepared for themselves greater troubles, for their mistress, no longer hearing the hour from the cock, woke them up to their work in the middle of the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're very raw. They're lacrosse I.Q. isn't that great. The big thing is their stick skills. They're going to come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29495]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're very raw. They're lacrosse I.Q. isn't that great. The big thing is their stick skills. They're going to come up against teams with much better stick skills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves "thinking people" respond automatically to words the way Pavlov's dog ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20307]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves "thinking people" respond automatically to words the way Pavlov's dog was conditioned to respond to certain sounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   O God, Who hast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   O God, Who hast ordained that whatever is to be desired, should be sought by labor, and Who, by Thy blessing, bringest honest labor to good effect; look with mercy upon my studies and endeavors. Grant me, O Lord, to design only what is lawful and right, and afford me calmness of mind, and steadiness of purpose, that I may so do Thy will in this short life, as to obtain happiness in the world to come, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every fool will be meddling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every fool will be meddling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools grow without watering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools grow without watering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We demand democracy, security, stability and termination of occupation in Iraq to provide the grounds for its reconstruction and development, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41297]]></link><description><![CDATA[We demand democracy, security, stability and termination of occupation in Iraq to provide the grounds for its reconstruction and development,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His creativity is incredible. He's one of the best college players I've ever seen. He's a complete player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33944]]></link><description><![CDATA[His creativity is incredible. He's one of the best college players I've ever seen. He's a complete player.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51605]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3144]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12291]]></link><description><![CDATA[What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;  But round some corner of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;  But round some corner of the streets of life   They of a sudden greet us with a smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His voice no touch of harmony admits, Irregularly deep, and shrill by fits.  The two extremes appear like man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60912]]></link><description><![CDATA[His voice no touch of harmony admits, Irregularly deep, and shrill by fits.  The two extremes appear like man and wife   Coupled together for the sake of strife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I need what only you can provide, your absence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I need what only you can provide, your absence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48021]]></link><description><![CDATA[To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24375]]></link><description><![CDATA[How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had hoped that Republicans would respond to the challenge. Instead what we've got is more than $2 million in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had hoped that Republicans would respond to the challenge. Instead what we've got is more than $2 million in these secret stealth campaigns that are attacking Democrats and attacking the vice president right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14165]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain would I seek to discover Why sad and mournful am I,  My thoughts without ceasing brood over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57917]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain would I seek to discover Why sad and mournful am I,  My thoughts without ceasing brood over   A tale of the time gone by.    [Ger., Ich weiss nicht was soll es bedeuten,     Dass ich so traurig bin:      Ein marchen aus alten Zeiten       Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63852]]></link><description><![CDATA[A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is half a prophet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13742]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is half a prophet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investor confidence about profits at exporters is getting much stronger for the coming fiscal year. The dollar's advance is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Investor confidence about profits at exporters is getting much stronger for the coming fiscal year. The dollar's advance is a major support for the bullish outlook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53622]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter if we're counting days, work-hours or barrels refined, our truest measure of safety is that everyone goes home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32781]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter if we're counting days, work-hours or barrels refined, our truest measure of safety is that everyone goes home safely at the end of the day. We are proud of our employees who are dedicated and vigilant when it comes to safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny floors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more connections that can be made in the brain, the more integrated the experience is within memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more connections that can be made in the brain, the more integrated the experience is within memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59857]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth.' and so it goes away. Puzzling. -Robert M. Pirsig.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53853]]></link><description><![CDATA[One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49395]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a part of all you see In Nature: part of all you feel:  I am the impact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43796]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a part of all you see In Nature: part of all you feel:  I am the impact of the bee   Upon the blossom; in the tree    I am the sap--that shall reveal     The leaf, the bloom--that flows and flutes      Up from the darkness through its roots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43796</guid></item></channel></rss>