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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13710]]></link><description><![CDATA[True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A retentive memory is a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26979]]></link><description><![CDATA[A retentive memory is a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19382]]></link><description><![CDATA[[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come inwhen deep down inside they know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come inwhen deep down inside they know it has never left port.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9590]]></link><description><![CDATA[A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9590</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[They're working on this, but weren't hired specifically for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34173]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're working on this, but weren't hired specifically for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18714]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room ahs been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years - we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on. . -Sharon Salzberg.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;  Earth felt the wound, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;  Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat   Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe    That all was lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13625]]></link><description><![CDATA[I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the government does not help us, we are ready to take up arms, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36725]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the government does not help us, we are ready to take up arms,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9168]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to be forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to be forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big thieves hang the little ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big thieves hang the little ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many a rustic Milton has passed by, Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,  In unremitting drudgery and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62150]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many a rustic Milton has passed by, Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,  In unremitting drudgery and care!   How many a vulgar Cato has compelled    His energies, no longer tameless then,     To mould a pin, or fabricate a nail!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice is its own reward ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice is its own reward]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's shaping up great. We've had great response. It's a beautiful addition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33345]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's shaping up great. We've had great response. It's a beautiful addition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody basically gets behind Wood. You have to stay with him. The pack separated pretty early. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody basically gets behind Wood. You have to stay with him. The pack separated pretty early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57012]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos; He will set the above their betters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feare, the Bedle of the Law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feare, the Bedle of the Law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy. [Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi  Nulla potest placare quies.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy. [Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi  Nulla potest placare quies.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66648]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to bring that anger we had at St. Louis. We have to make sure we do what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39069]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to bring that anger we had at St. Louis. We have to make sure we do what we need to do in warm-ups to get psyched for [Wisconsin].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The attacks against coalition forces have definitely gone down. Our attacks against the enemy have gone up. Attacks against civilians ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38368]]></link><description><![CDATA[The attacks against coalition forces have definitely gone down. Our attacks against the enemy have gone up. Attacks against civilians over time has gone up,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end truth will out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51406]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end truth will out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's ill-got scarce to a third heir descends, Nor wrongful booty meets with prosperous ends.  [Lat., De male quaesitis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20909]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's ill-got scarce to a third heir descends, Nor wrongful booty meets with prosperous ends.  [Lat., De male quaesitis vix gaudet tertius paeres,   Nec habet eventus sordida praeda bonos.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade Of the leaf where you slumbered all day;  Be content with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade Of the leaf where you slumbered all day;  Be content with the moon and the stars, pretty moth,   And make use of your wings while you may.    . . . .     But tho' dreams of delight may have dazzled you quite,      They at last found it dangerous play;       Many things in this world that look bright, pretty moth,        Only dazzle to lead us astray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I get a lot more playing time than I have in the past. I think it has made me a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I get a lot more playing time than I have in the past. I think it has made me a lot better player, getting in there more and getting to go against all of the hitters on the other team instead of just one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55992]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which is called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16038]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which is called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that Aberdeen Airport will do everything possible to be a good neighbour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30545]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that Aberdeen Airport will do everything possible to be a good neighbour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They just have different customs, and we want to be knowledgeable and accept those customs. One of the worst things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32424]]></link><description><![CDATA[They just have different customs, and we want to be knowledgeable and accept those customs. One of the worst things you can do is be in Japan and demand a fork.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roger Normand:Bomb now. Die later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roger Normand:Bomb now. Die later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21127]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597 Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 1. the ministry of holding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597 Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 1. the ministry of holding one's tongue   Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words... Thus it must be a decisive rule of every Christian fellowship that each individual is prohibited from saying much that occurs to him. This prohibition does not include the personal word of advice and guidance. But to speak about a brother is forbidden, even under the cloak of help and goodwill; for it is precisely in this guise that the spirit of hatred among brothers creeps in when it is seeking to create mischief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please do not treat Indonesia as some satellite country that America can push around. Because if America is seen as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Please do not treat Indonesia as some satellite country that America can push around. Because if America is seen as too arrogant and too hectoring and beats Indonesia on the head, then I think there's going to be this nationalistic backlash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death comes to all but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death comes to all but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.) [Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19217]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.) [Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21623</guid></item></channel></rss>