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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[People are the only animals who eat themselves to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/743]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are the only animals who eat themselves to death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're an open country with long-standing democratic traditions, and I think the Israelis will pretty much vote on who do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32601]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're an open country with long-standing democratic traditions, and I think the Israelis will pretty much vote on who do they trust on the way to move forward. The legacy of Sharon will live on, irrespective of who succeeds him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill vessels seldome miscarry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill vessels seldome miscarry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that tells a secret is anothers servant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49403]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that tells a secret is anothers servant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told,  And in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17888]]></link><description><![CDATA[But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told,  And in the last repeating troublesome,   Being urged at a time unreasonable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1689]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not ent]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean,  When both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58733]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean,  When both the teacher and the taught are young,   As was the case, at least, where I have been;    They smile so when one's right; and when one's wrong     They smile still more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53264]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1470]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether the attitude is positive or negative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hardly a year passes that fails to find a new, oft-times exotic, research method or technique added to the armamentarium ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hardly a year passes that fails to find a new, oft-times exotic, research method or technique added to the armamentarium of political inquiry. Anyone who cannot negotiate Chi squares, assess randomization, statistical significance, and standard deviations is less than illiterate; he is preconscious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you wonder for what reason, Theodorus, notwithstanding your frequent requests and importunities, I have never presented you with my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you wonder for what reason, Theodorus, notwithstanding your frequent requests and importunities, I have never presented you with my works? I have an excellent reason; it is lest you should present me with yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the King is but a man as I am: the violet smells to him as it doth to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23803]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the King is but a man as I am: the violet smells to him as it doth to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Among the demands attributed to Lopez in the gossip pages: a dressing room fitted out with white orchids, white walls, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42490]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Among the demands attributed to Lopez in the gossip pages: a dressing room fitted out with white orchids, white walls, a white sofa and an endless stock of Evian-room-temperature only, thank you. So when Lopez went AWOL in winter 2000, the warnings seemed prophetic.] I lost track of her, ... It was a huge job, and all the meetings were either rescheduled or canceled. I thought, 'This is going to be very difficult.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists tend to resist interdisciplinary inquiries into their own territory. In many instances, such parochialism is founded on the fear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientists tend to resist interdisciplinary inquiries into their own territory. In many instances, such parochialism is founded on the fear that intrusion from other disciplines would compete unfairly for limited financial resources and thus diminish their own opportunity for research.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44434]]></link><description><![CDATA[In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the Manhattan gentleman so delightfully small in his greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was it for this the clay grew tall? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Was it for this the clay grew tall?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9316]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is the essence of everything successful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is the essence of everything successful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26653]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58187]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it is to be, it is up to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21698]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it is to be, it is up to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2616]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility. -HW Longfellow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ingratitude is monstrous; and for the multitude to be ingrateful were to make a monster of the multitude; of which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ingratitude is monstrous; and for the multitude to be ingrateful were to make a monster of the multitude; of which we being members, should bring ourselves to be monstrous members.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45133]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because I stuttered, my aunt told me I had to learn to spell, and spell very well, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because I stuttered, my aunt told me I had to learn to spell, and spell very well,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Beginning a series on the church:  The laity... living in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Beginning a series on the church:  The laity... living in the world as an integral part of it, is the primary body through which the reality of the phrase "the Church is service" has to be manifested in all spheres of secular life: the Church has to show in her own life and attitude towards others the evidences of the redemptive order which is in Christ an operative fact: Christ the Lord is also Christ the servant: the Church which is the lord of all life is also the servant of all life, and the lordship is shown only through the service. The world wants to see redemption: it is not interested in being talked to about it. A church which is not outward looking... has ceased to be a church as the Body of Christ and has instead become a club for the benefit of its members.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor knowest thou what argument Thy like to thy neighbor's creed has lent,  All are needed by each one; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor knowest thou what argument Thy like to thy neighbor's creed has lent,  All are needed by each one;   Nothing is fair or good alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main objective I will have on behalf of this board is to keep Scripps in Palm Beach County. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30909]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main objective I will have on behalf of this board is to keep Scripps in Palm Beach County. But we're certainly not going to give away our firstborn to do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain;  And then, those little anodynes   That deaden ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19046]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain;  And then, those little anodynes   That deaden suffering;    And then, to go to sleep;     And then, if it should be      The will of its Inquisitor,       The liberty to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot come to honour under Coverlet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50044]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53339]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It became almost the biggest event in Montana. If you were coming from Kalispell you had to start hours ahead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36891]]></link><description><![CDATA[It became almost the biggest event in Montana. If you were coming from Kalispell you had to start hours ahead of time and it took hours to get out of town...those days are gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48114]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep. [Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51924]]></link><description><![CDATA[God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep. [Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your bottom line starts with your front line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your bottom line starts with your front line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24750]]></link><description><![CDATA[The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11404]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see these guys on TV all the time and you always wonder if I could play in the majors. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31503]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see these guys on TV all the time and you always wonder if I could play in the majors. You get a chance to do it and are actually doing it. You see they are just like you, that they put their pants on one leg at a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13089]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can I follow my heart when it's waiting around for the rest of me to make the decision? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20184]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can I follow my heart when it's waiting around for the rest of me to make the decision?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59086]]></link><description><![CDATA[For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First, have a conference with the teacher and from there the parent or the teacher can determine the next step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39495]]></link><description><![CDATA[First, have a conference with the teacher and from there the parent or the teacher can determine the next step.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51485]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere on this planet, someone has a solution to each of the world's problems. It might be one of us. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere on this planet, someone has a solution to each of the world's problems. It might be one of us. With your help, we can build a more hopeful world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60964</guid></item></channel></rss>