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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><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[We've been told that we probably will not be able to get home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40061]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been told that we probably will not be able to get home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The slothful is the servant of the counters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49914]]></link><description><![CDATA[The slothful is the servant of the counters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The guilty think all talk is of themselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The guilty think all talk is of themselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your bounty is beyond my speaking; But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your bounty is beyond my speaking; But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The massive gates of circumstance Are turned upon the smallest hinge,  And thus some seeming pettiest chance   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8699]]></link><description><![CDATA[The massive gates of circumstance Are turned upon the smallest hinge,  And thus some seeming pettiest chance   Oft gives our life its after-tinge.    The trifles of our daily lives,     The common things, scarce worth recall,      Whereof no visible trace survives,       These are the mainsprings after all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're really starting to see the strongest influences of the '80s in spring 2006. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36158]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're really starting to see the strongest influences of the '80s in spring 2006.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRIEND: A member of the opposite sex in your acquaintance who has some flaw which makes sleeping with him/her totally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11108]]></link><description><![CDATA[FRIEND: A member of the opposite sex in your acquaintance who has some flaw which makes sleeping with him/her totally unappealing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crude gained a lot last week and we are giving some of that back. The U.S. led a large attack ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crude gained a lot last week and we are giving some of that back. The U.S. led a large attack in Iraq last week, one that wasn't unprecedented, but the media got a hold of it and the market reacted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that respects not, is not respected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that respects not, is not respected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never laugh at live dragons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never laugh at live dragons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you play with the big dogs, you're going to get hurt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31486]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you play with the big dogs, you're going to get hurt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an insult to be just a great cover guy. I really think Deion Sanders set defensive-back play back. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34087]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an insult to be just a great cover guy. I really think Deion Sanders set defensive-back play back. All he would do is cover people and not strike anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Countless the various species of mankind, Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind;  No general object of desire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Countless the various species of mankind, Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind;  No general object of desire is known,   Each has his will, and each pursues his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've become real Americans. They fit right into the mainstream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28626]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've become real Americans. They fit right into the mainstream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well. [Lat., Parvus pumilio, licet in monte constiterit; colossus magnitudinem suam servabit, etiam si steterit in puteo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their weapons are formidable, ... A coup would be very risky and would give NATO an excuse for finishing off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their weapons are formidable, ... A coup would be very risky and would give NATO an excuse for finishing off Milosevic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We worked hard all year and tried to set an example for our people back home. Just because we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36500]]></link><description><![CDATA[We worked hard all year and tried to set an example for our people back home. Just because we are a small school, we don't have to follow the mold of other schools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our defense stepped up in the third quarter, and Missy hitting those two shots were just huge. It gave us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our defense stepped up in the third quarter, and Missy hitting those two shots were just huge. It gave us some breathing room and we were able to make some adjustments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England   One of the most remarkable features of Mosaic legislation... is its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England   One of the most remarkable features of Mosaic legislation... is its humanity to man. It is the most humanitarian of all known bodies of laws before recent times. The laws about slavery, which envisage the liberation of Hebrew slaves after seven years, are a good example. But there are also laws protecting the poor: interest (always high in the ancient East) was prohibited, and again there was a moratorium after a term of years... Even strangers, who normally had very little protection in antiquity, except when they were citizens of a strong neighbouring state which might step in and protect them by force of arms, are exceptionally well cared for by Mosaic law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy... is to set our own conditions to the events ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10044]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy... is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We challenged New Trier a little bit in the second game. New Trier is just a little better than us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We challenged New Trier a little bit in the second game. New Trier is just a little better than us right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19003]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought the safetys and the cornerbacks would be a lot quicker and I didn't think they'd let us get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39889]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought the safetys and the cornerbacks would be a lot quicker and I didn't think they'd let us get over the top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing.  The Ten Commandments will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59131]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing.  The Ten Commandments will not budge   And stealing will continue stealing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lift up your heart to Him, sometimes even at your meals, and when you are in company; the least little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lift up your heart to Him, sometimes even at your meals, and when you are in company; the least little remembrance will always be acceptable to Him. You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we are aware of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am unable to see how a man can find the hand of God in secular history unless he has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6322]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am unable to see how a man can find the hand of God in secular history unless he has first found an assurance of it in his personal experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28390]]></link><description><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human body is not a thing or substance, given, but a continuous creation. The human body is an energy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human body is not a thing or substance, given, but a continuous creation. The human body is an energy system which is never a complete structure; never static; is in perpetual inner self-construction and self-destruction; we destroy in order to make it new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All they had to do was look at what he did and look at what he achieved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33893]]></link><description><![CDATA[All they had to do was look at what he did and look at what he achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51874]]></link><description><![CDATA[A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the second, "For my best friend.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had to baptize a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23454]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had to baptize a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone around his neck and push him over with the words "I baptize thee in the name of Abraham"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all you've had for the past three weeks is pizza, tuna fish looks pretty good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41698]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all you've had for the past three weeks is pizza, tuna fish looks pretty good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money often costs too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money often costs too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47906]]></link><description><![CDATA[The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of living in advance through a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of living in advance through a trauma that prepares you for a future of radical transformation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25475]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17073]]></link><description><![CDATA[My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17073</guid></item></channel></rss>