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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The prince of darkness is a gentleman ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prince of darkness is a gentleman]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36444]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wild swan's death-hymn took the soul Of that waste place with joy  Hidden in sorrow: at first to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58464]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wild swan's death-hymn took the soul Of that waste place with joy  Hidden in sorrow: at first to the ear   The warble was low, and full and clear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38733]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain amount of resilience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Said the little Eohippus, "I am going to be a horse,  And on my middle fingernails   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Said the little Eohippus, "I am going to be a horse,  And on my middle fingernails   To run my earthly course!    . . . .     I'm going to have a flowing tail!      I'm going to have a mane!       I'm going to stand fourteen hands high        On the Psychozoic plain!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expect victory and you make victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expect victory and you make victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will sever the hands that attempt to touch any ballot box in order to sabotage the vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28326]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will sever the hands that attempt to touch any ballot box in order to sabotage the vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If but a dozen French Were there in arms, they would be as a call  To train ten thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56718]]></link><description><![CDATA[If but a dozen French Were there in arms, they would be as a call  To train ten thousand English to their side,   Or as a little snow, tumbled about,    Anon becomes a mountain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49042]]></link><description><![CDATA[A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23325]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never represented (or heard of) a company where a 'pattern of violations' had been used. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28415]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never represented (or heard of) a company where a 'pattern of violations' had been used.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. [Lat., Turpe quid ausurus, te sine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19708]]></link><description><![CDATA[When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. [Lat., Turpe quid ausurus, te sine teste time.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared, And ages ere the Mantuan Swan was heard;  To carry nature lengths unknown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared, And ages ere the Mantuan Swan was heard;  To carry nature lengths unknown before,   To give a Milton birth, asked ages more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that they like to run. They play a similar game to us, defense first, so it should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42281]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that they like to run. They play a similar game to us, defense first, so it should be an interesting game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56338]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buying is a profound pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buying is a profound pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27235]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62333]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills. [Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe, O never, never turn away their ear!  Forlorn, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48039]]></link><description><![CDATA[And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe, O never, never turn away their ear!  Forlorn, in this bleak wilderness below,   Ah! what were man, should Heaven refuse to hear!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In whatever place you meet me, Postumus, you cry out immediately, and your very first words are, "How do you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14067]]></link><description><![CDATA[In whatever place you meet me, Postumus, you cry out immediately, and your very first words are, "How do you do?" You say this, even if you meet me ten times in one single hour: you, Postumus, have nothing, I suppose, to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66714]]></link><description><![CDATA[While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The storm passed by my shop, and I had to escape from the shower of stones, tear gas and rubber ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28311]]></link><description><![CDATA[The storm passed by my shop, and I had to escape from the shower of stones, tear gas and rubber bullets to save my life,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19366]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can really honestly be the very best, no one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65496]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4486]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences of his own folly. With a little wisdom and foresight, surely it is not yet necessary to forsake life in the fresh air and in the warmth of the sunlight. What a paradox if our own cleverness in science should force us to live underground with the moles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54882]]></link><description><![CDATA[May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, That fact has not created in me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44758]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, That fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This category is fraught with issues as to whether publishers can even say go ahead and use them because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28963]]></link><description><![CDATA[This category is fraught with issues as to whether publishers can even say go ahead and use them because they may not have the rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58075]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the democratic government is at least as bad as any of the other forms]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist   Paul Tillich can show us that the unity which we seek as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist   Paul Tillich can show us that the unity which we seek as Christians must involve our denominations in changes even greater than those which many of us now expect. His insistence on taking seriously the gropings of all men for the truth about their lives must be allowed to remind the ecumenical movement that the word oikoumene is Greek not for "the Church" but for "the whole inhabited world". The ecumenical movement is more than Christian patriarchs kissing. Christian unity means the unity of mankind in finding and obeying God. Tillich can teach us that the Church must not shut its door to celebrate a family reunion while a single child of God remains outside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known;  The fool consistent, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known;  The fool consistent, and the false sincere;   Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21626]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65202]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64908]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64908</guid></item></channel></rss>