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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[They also like being half way between Tampa and Orlando. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30268]]></link><description><![CDATA[They also like being half way between Tampa and Orlando.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52212]]></link><description><![CDATA[When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15101]]></link><description><![CDATA[After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men are full of repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men are full of repentance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23584]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be a learning game for everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39381]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be a learning game for everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman that is like a German clock, Still a-repairing, ever out of frame,  And never going aright, being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman that is like a German clock, Still a-repairing, ever out of frame,  And never going aright, being a watch,   But being watched that it may still go right!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, then--our course is chosen--spread the sail-- Heave oft the lead, and mark the soundings well--  Look to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, then--our course is chosen--spread the sail-- Heave oft the lead, and mark the soundings well--  Look to the helm, good master--many a shoal   Marks this stern coast, and rocks, where sits the Siren    Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the end of the day [Friday, Sept. 1] we had clothes and food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32079]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the end of the day [Friday, Sept. 1] we had clothes and food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know,  To make men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/608]]></link><description><![CDATA[To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know,  To make men happy, and to keep them so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55928]]></link><description><![CDATA[O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness? -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Horse sense is a good judgement which keeps horses from betting on people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Horse sense is a good judgement which keeps horses from betting on people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Titles are marks of honest men, and wise: The fool or knave that wears a title lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Titles are marks of honest men, and wise: The fool or knave that wears a title lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64421]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats are designated friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats are designated friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one do? According to men's habits and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18537]]></link><description><![CDATA[I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must yield to them. [Lat., Inepta haec esse, nos quae facimus sentio;  Verum quid facias? ut homo est, ita morem geras.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54942]]></link><description><![CDATA[When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you were a poor Indian with no weapons, and a bunch of conquistadors came up to you and asked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11752]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you were a poor Indian with no weapons, and a bunch of conquistadors came up to you and asked where the gold was, I don't think it would be a good idea to say, "I swallowed it. So sue me.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17658]]></link><description><![CDATA[God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exactmeasure of the height to which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21558]]></link><description><![CDATA[The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exactmeasure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53665]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists ... in the loved one, perfection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2098]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists ... in the loved one, perfection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agriculture and Commerce ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agriculture and Commerce]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55013]]></link><description><![CDATA[A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far out at sea,--the sun was high, While veer'd the wind and flapped the sail,  We saw a snow-white ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far out at sea,--the sun was high, While veer'd the wind and flapped the sail,  We saw a snow-white butterfly   Dancing before the fitful gale,    Far out at sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58584]]></link><description><![CDATA[A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind conscious of its own rectitude. [Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51845]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind conscious of its own rectitude. [Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sin is the result of a collaboration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sin is the result of a collaboration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64207]]></link><description><![CDATA[When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think this is an issue that should not be politicized but has to be addressed with clinical objectivity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36692]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think this is an issue that should not be politicized but has to be addressed with clinical objectivity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have lived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have lived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They really deserved asylum. The conditions that Chavez is subjecting people to - he's torturing people. There's one person to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42217]]></link><description><![CDATA[They really deserved asylum. The conditions that Chavez is subjecting people to - he's torturing people. There's one person to blame for all of this, and it's Hugo Chavez.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15614]]></link><description><![CDATA[They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any young person who has studied Heidegger; or seen Ionesco's 'plays'; or listened to the 'music' of John Cage; or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any young person who has studied Heidegger; or seen Ionesco's 'plays'; or listened to the 'music' of John Cage; or looked at Andy Warhol's 'paintings'- has experienced that feeling of incredulous puzzlement: But this is nonsense! Can I really be expected to take this seriously?In fact, of course, it is necessary for it to be nonsense; if it made sense, it could be evaluated. The essence of modern intellectual snobbery is the 'emperor's new cloths' approach. Teachers, critics, our self-appointed intellectual elite, make it quite clear to us that if we cannot see the superlative nature of this 'art'- why, it merely shows our ignorance, our lack of sophistication and insight. Of course, they go beyond the storybook emperor's tailors, who dressed their victim in nothing and called it fine garments. The modern tailors dress the emperor in garbage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66510]]></link><description><![CDATA[It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nevertheless, the consuming hunger of the uncritical mind for what it imagines to be certainty or finality impels it to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nevertheless, the consuming hunger of the uncritical mind for what it imagines to be certainty or finality impels it to feast upon shadows in the prevailing famine of substance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have concluded it is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33938]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have concluded it is possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the healing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47462]]></link><description><![CDATA[By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the healing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12200]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is that every day we vacillate between examining our hangnails and speculating on cosmic order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12200</guid></item></channel></rss>