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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1872]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16938]]></link><description><![CDATA[To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to kill a fly on his friend's forehead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher! To be deceived in your true heart's desire  Was bitterer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher! To be deceived in your true heart's desire  Was bitterer than a thousand years of fire!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11925]]></link><description><![CDATA[I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is. I don’t know. Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... I don’t know the answer, I know only that I can’t. I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I’ve had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None is offended but by himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49660]]></link><description><![CDATA[None is offended but by himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3119]]></link><description><![CDATA[When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61933]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play so that you may be serious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play so that you may be serious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well 'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19085]]></link><description><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well 'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59556]]></link><description><![CDATA[That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/408]]></link><description><![CDATA[My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music - The one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music - The one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every eight minutes, someone has sex with an animal...and you wonder why the attack you. Because of that man, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every eight minutes, someone has sex with an animal...and you wonder why the attack you. Because of that man, and its up to me and a half mexican to stop him!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a matter of finding the right chair. Will it have its own presence? Will it stand on its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34388]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a matter of finding the right chair. Will it have its own presence? Will it stand on its own? Condition is important, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have you. A lover and a friend. You are everything I need. You are the sun, the air I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have you. A lover and a friend. You are everything I need. You are the sun, the air I breathe. Without you, life wouldn't be the same. Please don't ever go away. And if you go, then don't forget to take me with you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thorough reading and understanding of the Bible is the surest path to atheism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3412]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thorough reading and understanding of the Bible is the surest path to atheism]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too bad you can't buy a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin real fast and freak ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too bad you can't buy a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin real fast and freak everybody out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hire tea by the tea bag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hire tea by the tea bag.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're only truly great who are truly good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22134]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're only truly great who are truly good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11187]]></link><description><![CDATA[If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted should betray his trust, and, in short, of coming eventually to hopeless misery. He would break down, at last, as every good fortune, as every dynasty, as every civilization does. In place of this we have death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dogs learn more than 40 commands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36425]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dogs learn more than 40 commands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of overlap in his plan. You might as well hold an index fund. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35061]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of overlap in his plan. You might as well hold an index fund.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I can bring a positive image back to the commission. I think there's some division, and I want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35752]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I can bring a positive image back to the commission. I think there's some division, and I want to try to bring them all together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916   Assuredly there is but one way in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916   Assuredly there is but one way in which to achieve what is not merely difficult but utterly against human nature: to love those who hate us, to repay their evil deeds with benefits, to return blessings for reproaches. It is that we remember not to consider men's evil intention but to look upon the image of God in them, which cancels and effaces their transgressions, and with its beauty and dignity allures us to love and embrace them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only young once, but you can be immature forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1784]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis the witching hour of night, Orbed is the moon and bright,  And the stars they glisten, glisten,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44529]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis the witching hour of night, Orbed is the moon and bright,  And the stars they glisten, glisten,   Seeming with bright eyes to listen-    For what listen they?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the watermen that row one way and look another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the watermen that row one way and look another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You undergo too strict a paradox, Striving to make an ugly deed look fair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45489]]></link><description><![CDATA[You undergo too strict a paradox, Striving to make an ugly deed look fair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there's nothing you can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there's nothing you can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17346]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly, if they are going to be calling the games the way they have been, then our power play is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly, if they are going to be calling the games the way they have been, then our power play is going to have to work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17245]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really obvious what went on to the players and managers. I hope what is being done will stop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34861]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really obvious what went on to the players and managers. I hope what is being done will stop what was going on and also stop any possibility of further problems. I certainly hope this will be the end of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things went very well for us today. It was a great meet and we had a lot of breakthroughs. To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things went very well for us today. It was a great meet and we had a lot of breakthroughs. To compete strong against teams that are in the top 20, as well as professional athletes, is great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34872]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius develops in quiet places, character out in the full current of human life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius develops in quiet places, character out in the full current of human life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304  A Christian man is most free lord of all, and subject ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304  A Christian man is most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to everyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- and since it cannot, in order ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4681]]></link><description><![CDATA[To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- and since it cannot, in order to become its echo I have, in a way, to silence it. I bring to this incessant speech the decisiveness, the authority of my own silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45482]]></link><description><![CDATA[The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats;  Chambers of the great are jails, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19228]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats;  Chambers of the great are jails,   And head-winds right for royal sails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19228</guid></item></channel></rss>