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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[You are in some brown study. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58040]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are in some brown study.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22116]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, "NoShit!" or at least, "No kidding!".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All great ideas are dangerous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20282]]></link><description><![CDATA[All great ideas are dangerous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures toward more serious social relationships, as in the etiquette of whoring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lend me thy pen To write a word  In the moonlight.   Pierrot, my friend!    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lend me thy pen To write a word  In the moonlight.   Pierrot, my friend!    My candle's out,     I've no more fire;--      For love of God       Open thy door!        [Fr., Au clair de la lune         Mon ami Pierrot,          Prete moi ta plume           Pour ecrire un mot;            Ma chandelle est morte,             Je n'ai plus de feu,              Ouvre moi ta porte,               Pour l'amour de Dieu.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until we actually see a suit of any sort we can't comment on anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until we actually see a suit of any sort we can't comment on anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63921]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8668]]></link><description><![CDATA[To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church. [Fr., Pour soutenir tes droits, que le ciel autorise,  Abime tout plutot; c'est l'esprit de l'Eglise.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friend, of my infinite dreams Little enough endures;  Little howe'er it seems,   It is yours, all yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friend, of my infinite dreams Little enough endures;  Little howe'er it seems,   It is yours, all yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If by doing some work which the undiscerning consider "not spiritual work" I can best help others, and I inwardly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7899]]></link><description><![CDATA[If by doing some work which the undiscerning consider "not spiritual work" I can best help others, and I inwardly rebel, thinking it is the spiritual for which I crave, when in truth it is the interest and exciting, then I know nothing of Calvary love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sent chills down my spine. It was recognition of a student-athlete who did it right, but it was something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37585]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sent chills down my spine. It was recognition of a student-athlete who did it right, but it was something more. I just don't know of any other conference where something like that would happen. For me, that's the moment I 'got' it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novelty in all things is charming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Novelty in all things is charming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense, and my expense is equal to my wishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15699]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense, and my expense is equal to my wishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weep when we are born, Not when we die! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58780]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weep when we are born, Not when we die!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse for what? You people have done everything in the world to me. Doesn't that give me equal right? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse for what? You people have done everything in the world to me. Doesn't that give me equal right?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, And Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, And Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think that [children are] any more resilient than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40179]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think that [children are] any more resilient than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And finds with keen, discriminating sight, Black's not so black--nor white so very white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56248]]></link><description><![CDATA[And finds with keen, discriminating sight, Black's not so black--nor white so very white.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of two evils, choose neither. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of two evils, choose neither.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brook! whose society the poet seeks, Intent his wasted spirits to renew;  And whom the curious painter doth pursue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brook! whose society the poet seeks, Intent his wasted spirits to renew;  And whom the curious painter doth pursue   Through rocky passes, among flowery creeks,    And tracks thee dancing down thy water-breaks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is strange so great a statesman should Be so sublime a poet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57837]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is strange so great a statesman should Be so sublime a poet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To relinquish any of the Psalms on the excuse that its sentiments are too violent for a Christian is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6402]]></link><description><![CDATA[To relinquish any of the Psalms on the excuse that its sentiments are too violent for a Christian is a clear sign that a person has also given up the very battle that a Christian is summoned to fight. The Psalms are prayers for those who are engaged in an ongoing, spiritual conflict. No one else need bother even opening the book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disco is just jitterbug. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disco is just jitterbug.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62424]]></link><description><![CDATA[I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not love that is blind, but jealousy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23183]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunately for Darius, he hasn't been able to go home and see the devastation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunately for Darius, he hasn't been able to go home and see the devastation,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13724]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more they drink the more they thirst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50773]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more they drink the more they thirst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe isso constituted as to maximize play. The best games ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22382]]></link><description><![CDATA[In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe isso constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in whichall goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those inwhich the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life isdesigned to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty anduncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. Wesurvive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want itany other way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61044]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valour that parlies is neare yeelding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea is that the boys learn about cars, how to build them and how to compete in a fun ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30007]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea is that the boys learn about cars, how to build them and how to compete in a fun way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is clear yet ... the man cannot remain in these conditions ... his health is deteriorating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A stirring dwarf we do allowance give Before a sleeping giant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9866]]></link><description><![CDATA[A stirring dwarf we do allowance give Before a sleeping giant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That blessed word Mesopotamia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62030]]></link><description><![CDATA[That blessed word Mesopotamia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22158]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the mouse laughs at the cat, there's a hole nearby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4473]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the mouse laughs at the cat, there's a hole nearby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2685]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2685</guid></item></channel></rss>