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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17939]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60325]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't plan in advance to close anything. The hope was to have all 500-plus of our restaurants across the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31671]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't plan in advance to close anything. The hope was to have all 500-plus of our restaurants across the country open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net, leaves it in the water for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net, leaves it in the water for a time; the fish continues to swim about, but all the while the net is round it, and the fishermen will snatch it out in his own good time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of man is how well he is able to feel about what he thinks. The test of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of man is how well he is able to feel about what he thinks. The test of a woman is how well she is able to think about what she feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Mission Statement is a dense slab of words that a large organization produces when it needs to establish that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Mission Statement is a dense slab of words that a large organization produces when it needs to establish that its workers are not just sitting around downloading Internet porn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end.  Courage--an independent spark from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end.  Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,   By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.    Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,     Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.      Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,       By which those great in war, are great in love.        The spring of all brave acts is seated here,         As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There 's small choice in rotten apples. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55704]]></link><description><![CDATA[There 's small choice in rotten apples. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;  Though every prospect pleases,   And only man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62308]]></link><description><![CDATA[What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;  Though every prospect pleases,   And only man is vile;    In vain with lavish kindness     The gifts of God are strown;      The heathen in his blindness       Bows down to wood and stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every why hath a wherefore. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every why hath a wherefore. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with words is a niggard in deed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with words is a niggard in deed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great problem with doing that in real time is people live in real time and almost everybody's default forecasting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37048]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great problem with doing that in real time is people live in real time and almost everybody's default forecasting method is to extrapolate the recent past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27266]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, And let's be red with mirth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, And let's be red with mirth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us are watchers -- of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway -- but few are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46322]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us are watchers -- of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway -- but few are observers. Everyone is looking, not many are seeing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, I decided earlier this year that I would run for president, and obviously I needed something to run on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, I decided earlier this year that I would run for president, and obviously I needed something to run on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take -- choose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4476]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take -- choose the bolder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who gives to all, denies all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who gives to all, denies all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48430]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of respect to Betty we couldn't think of a more appropriate name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of respect to Betty we couldn't think of a more appropriate name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of what the government said is lies upon lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28516]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of what the government said is lies upon lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our seniors had a good couple of days, I'd like to congratulate them. And as for our underclassmen, it's time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our seniors had a good couple of days, I'd like to congratulate them. And as for our underclassmen, it's time for them to start thinking about next year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These firms are still in foot-in-the-door mode. They aren't getting entire companies to outsource: They're getting divisions and bits and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34606]]></link><description><![CDATA[These firms are still in foot-in-the-door mode. They aren't getting entire companies to outsource: They're getting divisions and bits and pieces,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no original truth, only original error. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53390]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no original truth, only original error.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friends stab you in the front. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65656]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friends stab you in the front.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32737]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63616]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of the meetings is to get community input regarding the management plan for the river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of the meetings is to get community input regarding the management plan for the river.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is my utopia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is my utopia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we did a great job and our kids wrestled well. My hat's off to San Clemente ---- they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we did a great job and our kids wrestled well. My hat's off to San Clemente ---- they were banged up and their kids still came out with a lot of heart and put it all on the line. I have a lot of respect for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62334]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20408]]></link><description><![CDATA[For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57034]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die out, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I've experienced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I've experienced them both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687   It seems clear that those people who personally are completely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687   It seems clear that those people who personally are completely convinced of justification by grace alone, and who heartily grant to people of another color the right to the same justification (as long as they remain in their own churches, schools, ghettos, handyman occupations), give an ugly expression to the Augustinian and Reformation understanding of justification. By their emphasis upon the primacy of individual justification, they deny the immediate social character and impact of the justification of the Jews and Gentiles, and they obstruct or delay the changes in common life which belong to the "new creation".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are beginning to realize that the apparatus of government is costly. But what they do not know is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47164]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are beginning to realize that the apparatus of government is costly. But what they do not know is that the burden falls inevitably on them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19985]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as I accepted my captaincy I knew I wanted Marie-Laure to be my vice captain. I am so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36411]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as I accepted my captaincy I knew I wanted Marie-Laure to be my vice captain. I am so pleased that she agreed. Marie-Laure is a great friend, she has a huge amount of experience and she will bring a lot to the team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16306]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41750]]></link><description><![CDATA[These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision introduced into the Chinese Constitution in March 2004.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is like a skilful Geometrician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17691]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is like a skilful Geometrician.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've waited long enough. I just hope we have better luck this time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29201]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've waited long enough. I just hope we have better luck this time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26040]]></link><description><![CDATA[So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26040</guid></item></channel></rss>