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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9811]]></link><description><![CDATA[A clear conscience is a soft pillow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only is life too short, it has acne and looks geeky in gym clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only is life too short, it has acne and looks geeky in gym clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look forward to the opportunities when they come. The baseball is little more interesting because of the DH. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34258]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look forward to the opportunities when they come. The baseball is little more interesting because of the DH. It is a power league.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunger is sharper than the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunger is sharper than the sword.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But innocence has nothing to dread. [Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20959]]></link><description><![CDATA[But innocence has nothing to dread. [Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commitment in the face of conflict produces character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commitment in the face of conflict produces character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9004</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[Motley 's the only wear. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motley 's the only wear. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just have to keep playing hard. We can't get all excited about where we are now, then come out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39440]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just have to keep playing hard. We can't get all excited about where we are now, then come out and not play well. If we just come out each game and play our hardest, then we can stay in control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by study, or consultation with casuists.   - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought so hard I got a headache. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1121]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought so hard I got a headache.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27866]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my own hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He made a mistake by going into the ring, but it was his nephew, and this hooligan (Judah) -- that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30303]]></link><description><![CDATA[He made a mistake by going into the ring, but it was his nephew, and this hooligan (Judah) -- that's what he is, a hooligan -- committed these very flagrant fouls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16793]]></link><description><![CDATA[I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50917]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first of April, some do say Is set apart for All Fools' day;  But why the people call ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first of April, some do say Is set apart for All Fools' day;  But why the people call it so,   Nor I, nor they themselves, do know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spare your breath to cool your porridge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spare your breath to cool your porridge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can sit down and do it in an hour. They are great for beginners, but they also are popular ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41195]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can sit down and do it in an hour. They are great for beginners, but they also are popular for gifts. They are inexpensive and don't have to take a lot of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has real passion, real emotion, real terror and a tactile sense of evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33121]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has real passion, real emotion, real terror and a tactile sense of evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21308]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No doubt they rose up early to observe The rite of May; and, hearing our intent,  Came here in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26619]]></link><description><![CDATA[No doubt they rose up early to observe The rite of May; and, hearing our intent,  Came here in grace of our solemnity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The NeXT Computer: The hardware makes it a PC, the software makes it a workstation, the unit sales makes it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The NeXT Computer: The hardware makes it a PC, the software makes it a workstation, the unit sales makes it a mainframe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thought is often the best.   - Bishop Joseph Butler, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thought is often the best.   - Bishop Joseph Butler,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shot the ball very poorly. We had our chances, but we couldn't take advantage of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34445]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shot the ball very poorly. We had our chances, but we couldn't take advantage of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61316]]></link><description><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But you know, as you say, the original versions of my films are getting out there, slowly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32688]]></link><description><![CDATA[But you know, as you say, the original versions of my films are getting out there, slowly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not out of the realm of possibility that the second-quarter numbers could be strong enough to support the stock ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32041]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not out of the realm of possibility that the second-quarter numbers could be strong enough to support the stock at a higher valuation, ... If you keep raising estimates, you probably could keep expanding the multiple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's metal more attractive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's metal more attractive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21996]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely useful. The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Christ and His work and His sacrifice do not result in Christlikeness in you and me, then for us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7718]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Christ and His work and His sacrifice do not result in Christlikeness in you and me, then for us it is quite valueless, and has entirely failed; and, insofar as you and I are concerned, Christ was thrown away in vain. How, then, is it with you and me? Be very sure that upon Calvary it was no strange, immoral favouritism that came into operation, whereby because of some beliefs that remain mere dead letters, that produce no change whatever in their characters, some people living the same kind of life as others and following the same selfish interests and ends as they, are given a destiny entirely different. That is the vainest of vain dreams. Rather is this the supreme revelation of a new way of living life; and only those who -- blunderingly, it may be, yet honestly -- seek to adopt and imitate it can be counted really Christian folk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58697]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good tax.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17261]]></link><description><![CDATA[All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell. [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44056]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell. [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actually, there have 788 graft cases in North Sumatra reported by people to the KPK, but the commission has decided ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actually, there have 788 graft cases in North Sumatra reported by people to the KPK, but the commission has decided that only 163 of them should be followed up on. It really does mean there is a huge graft problem in North Sumatra.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24898]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should always be in love. This is the reason why one should never marry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25903]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should always be in love. This is the reason why one should never marry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For men must work and women must weep, And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,  And good-bye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62121]]></link><description><![CDATA[For men must work and women must weep, And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,  And good-bye to the bar and its moaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung, Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.  Majestic silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3023]]></link><description><![CDATA[No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung, Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.  Majestic silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3023</guid></item></channel></rss>