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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity is the first path to truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity is the first path to truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13489]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is something outside our body, but the mind is within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is something outside our body, but the mind is within us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43819]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't know much about it. Actually, I didn't know anything. My grade school coach, Alden Dahl, he really got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34766]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't know much about it. Actually, I didn't know anything. My grade school coach, Alden Dahl, he really got me interested in the sport. He really thought that I could be something special.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is an infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is an infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- bring them softness, teach them how to cry. -Joan Baez.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44566]]></link><description><![CDATA[If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1654]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, or the patient's own arrangement, which only he can change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.  I sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57796]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.  I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts, wassails, wakes,   Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather keep my promises to other politicians than to God. God, at least, has a degree of forgiveness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47146]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather keep my promises to other politicians than to God. God, at least, has a degree of forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nicer to have them chant your name than to do the opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32953]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nicer to have them chant your name than to do the opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the "terror of the Lord" that causes us to "persuade" others, but it is the love of Christ ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7243]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the "terror of the Lord" that causes us to "persuade" others, but it is the love of Christ that constraineth us to live to Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheek . . . Flushing white and mellow'd red;  Gradual tints, as when there glows   In snowy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheek . . . Flushing white and mellow'd red;  Gradual tints, as when there glows   In snowy milk the bashful rose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look around the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look around the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47008]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft has a tremendous amount of patience, which can be inspiring or distressing, depending on your point of view, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has a tremendous amount of patience, which can be inspiring or distressing, depending on your point of view, ... they will have waited so long for so little and have been willing to spend a long, long time in the red.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is not gold that glisters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49103]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is not gold that glisters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15106]]></link><description><![CDATA[The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long. [It., Non e il mondam romore alro che un fiato  Di vento, che vien quinci et or vien quindi,   E muta nome, perche muta lato.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;  The rose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51119]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;  The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,   And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one can master a grief but he that has it. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one can master a grief but he that has it. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doth the moon care for the barking of a dog? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doth the moon care for the barking of a dog?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiest business in all the world is that of making friends, And no investment on the street pays larger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happiest business in all the world is that of making friends, And no investment on the street pays larger dividends, For life is more than stocks and bonds, and love than rate percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52496]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animators have to live life 24 times as long as we do - every 24 frames of a second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animators have to live life 24 times as long as we do - every 24 frames of a second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage, Friend of all climes, and pride of every age! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage, Friend of all climes, and pride of every age!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In view of history, I sincerely wish that the ravages of war will never be repeated. With all the Japanese ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34517]]></link><description><![CDATA[In view of history, I sincerely wish that the ravages of war will never be repeated. With all the Japanese public, I mourn for those who perished in battles and lost their lives in the horrors of war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romeo smiles a little more. Maybe that's good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Romeo smiles a little more. Maybe that's good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are glad to have a football game. Anytime you open a season up, a lot of things can happen. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40368]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are glad to have a football game. Anytime you open a season up, a lot of things can happen. I don't think it matters who you play, in this situation, I think it's a great opportunity for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bet a lot of mimes choke to death because nobody believes they're really choking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27486]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bet a lot of mimes choke to death because nobody believes they're really choking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time,  Soon as the woods ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time,  Soon as the woods on shore dim,   We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn;    Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,     The rapids are near and the daylight's past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11233]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27965]]></link><description><![CDATA[My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember I had to play with Nancy Lopez in my first game (foursome) and I didn't know if I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember I had to play with Nancy Lopez in my first game (foursome) and I didn't know if I was going to ask her for autograph. You know, we were so nervous to play with these players that we had never met and obviously they had been idols.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a good Milan. We played well after being only partially convincing in previous games. We wasted a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a good Milan. We played well after being only partially convincing in previous games. We wasted a lot of chances and one has to say that Pagliuca was really good today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4090]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I can raise no money by vile means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64573]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I can raise no money by vile means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we this way and not some other? What does it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we this way and not some other? What does it mean to be human? Are we capable, if need be, of fundamental change, or do the dead hands of forgotten ancestors impel us in some direction, indiscriminately for good or ill, and beyond our control? Can we alter our character? Can we improve our societies? Can we leave our children a world better than the one that was left to us? Can we free them from the demons that torment us and haunt our civilization? In the long run, are we wise enough to know what changes to make? Can we be trusted with our own future?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3398</guid></item></channel></rss>