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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45162]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10235]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An adventure is only an inconvenience, rightly considered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22340]]></link><description><![CDATA[An adventure is only an inconvenience, rightly considered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no more seditious rallies going on now, and many of the coup plotters have been arrested, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35871]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no more seditious rallies going on now, and many of the coup plotters have been arrested,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958  The only ultimate disaster that can befall us, I have come to realize, is to feel ourselves at home here on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montana. It's everything Colorado thinks it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Montana. It's everything Colorado thinks it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. [Lat., Legatus est vir bonus peregre missus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57858]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. [Lat., Legatus est vir bonus peregre missus ad mentiendem rei publicae causae.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam lit up every room she was in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sam lit up every room she was in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're the biggest food and agriculture company in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34124]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're the biggest food and agriculture company in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a moderately fast-moving storm and will be out of here pretty much by Saturday, although there might be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32492]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a moderately fast-moving storm and will be out of here pretty much by Saturday, although there might be some lingering storms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64989]]></link><description><![CDATA[People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a bit shocking no movie has done it by now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31687]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a bit shocking no movie has done it by now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31017]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who gossips with you will gossip of you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who gossips with you will gossip of you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. •Hyman Rickover   A prisoner of war ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61163]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. •Hyman Rickover   A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. •Sir Winston Churchill  The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they calmly did rest,   And hung on the ether's invisible breast;    Than the vapours of earth they seemed purer, more bright,--     Oh! could they be clouds? 'Twas the necklace of night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If students needed a left-handed desk, he or she would just move a [lefty] desk from one classroom to another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30272]]></link><description><![CDATA[If students needed a left-handed desk, he or she would just move a [lefty] desk from one classroom to another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27996]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have every intention of relaunching cruise service from the great city of New Orleans as soon as the infrastructure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have every intention of relaunching cruise service from the great city of New Orleans as soon as the infrastructure is in place so that our ships may contribute to the economic recovery of the area.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet even her tyranny had such a grace, The women pardoned all, except her face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet even her tyranny had such a grace, The women pardoned all, except her face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2701]]></link><description><![CDATA[An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All these indexes reflect the basic obligations of the government in managing society and offering services to the public under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36624]]></link><description><![CDATA[All these indexes reflect the basic obligations of the government in managing society and offering services to the public under the market economy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main concern regarding Ericsson is its mobile systems division, which is experiencing slower growth in the U.S. and marginally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28432]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main concern regarding Ericsson is its mobile systems division, which is experiencing slower growth in the U.S. and marginally disappointing growth in Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right out of the chute, we announced awards from returning customers and had a fantastically successful Atlas V launch with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right out of the chute, we announced awards from returning customers and had a fantastically successful Atlas V launch with NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto - and there are 11 months to go in 2006.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is the heart's memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is the heart's memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65311]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42040]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou beginnest better than thou endest. The last is inferior to the first.  [Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou beginnest better than thou endest. The last is inferior to the first.  [Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature made the fields and man the cities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature made the fields and man the cities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4168]]></link><description><![CDATA[[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is one before whom you may think aloud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16838]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is one before whom you may think aloud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. (1640). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. (1640).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jazz is rhythm and meaning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jazz is rhythm and meaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63586]]></link><description><![CDATA[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle. [It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49569]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle. [It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an incredible serve. It's not a function of how fast it is. The trajectory is the main issue. You're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29180]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an incredible serve. It's not a function of how fast it is. The trajectory is the main issue. You're lunging, but then it's up. You're sort of diving, but then you can't reach it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29180</guid></item></channel></rss>