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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The cynics are right nine times out of ten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cynics are right nine times out of ten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a two-second call. There was no extended conversation. I don't understand the need to tell an untruth when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35631]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a two-second call. There was no extended conversation. I don't understand the need to tell an untruth when you have already lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether it's one dollar from a kid, or five, 10 or 20 dollars from an adult, it all adds up, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether it's one dollar from a kid, or five, 10 or 20 dollars from an adult, it all adds up,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not changing direction we will continue to move full-steam ahead with our core business, which is Blockbuster stores ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38630]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not changing direction we will continue to move full-steam ahead with our core business, which is Blockbuster stores and Blockbuster online,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just don't see the wage pressures and I think the bond market is so happy because that means there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42252]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just don't see the wage pressures and I think the bond market is so happy because that means there really isn't any threat of inflation out there. Remember all those terrible surprises we used to get on Fridays? It's about time the bond market got a good one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15279]]></link><description><![CDATA[While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12049]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64626]]></link><description><![CDATA[As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think our motivation is that we're operating on good faith. Our incentive is that we want to be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think our motivation is that we're operating on good faith. Our incentive is that we want to be a part of the community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58711]]></link><description><![CDATA[No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly goes also out of mind. [Lat., Cum autem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/146]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly goes also out of mind. [Lat., Cum autem sublatus fuerit ab oculis, etiam cito transit a mente.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe it's absolutely crucial for us to maintain a strong voice in the national government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33461]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe it's absolutely crucial for us to maintain a strong voice in the national government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most famous example is probably early on in the Harper government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most famous example is probably early on in the Harper government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,  When nearer seen, and better known,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,  When nearer seen, and better known,   Are but gigantic flights of stairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, is the most vital movement of modern times. In its relation to the well-being of the men and women of this and ensuing generations, it exceeds in importance the proper solution of various economic problems which are constant themes of legislative discussion and enactment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34979]]></link><description><![CDATA[However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no life that does not contribute to history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19367]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no life that does not contribute to history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that poverty and oysters always seem to go together." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45354]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that poverty and oysters always seem to go together."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt nervous for the first frame but after that I was fine, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41738]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt nervous for the first frame but after that I was fine,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27254]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE   We are very shy nowadays of even mentioning Heaven. We are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8545]]></link><description><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE   We are very shy nowadays of even mentioning Heaven. We are afraid of the jeer about "pie in the sky", and of being told that we are trying to "escape" from the duty of making a happy world here and now, into dreams of a better world elsewhere. But either there is "pie in the sky" or there is not. If there is not, then Christianity is false, for this doctrine is woven into its whole fabric. If there is, then this doctrine, like any other, must be faced, whether it is useful at political meetings or no.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17638]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866   Think it not hard if you get not your will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866   Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He prayeth best who loveth best All things, both great and small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48053]]></link><description><![CDATA[He prayeth best who loveth best All things, both great and small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion is the courageous side of weakness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion is the courageous side of weakness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Matthias the Apostle  Life is not long enough for a religion of inferences; we shall never have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Matthias the Apostle  Life is not long enough for a religion of inferences; we shall never have done beginning, if we determine to begin with proof. We shall ever be laying our foundations; we shall turn theology into evidences, and divines into textuaries... Life is for action. If we insist on proofs for everything, we shall never come to action: to act you must assume, and that assumption is faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe that if we could but have this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52300]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe that if we could but have this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our inadequate and blemished selves. Excessive desire is thus a means of suppressing our sense of worthlessness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 8 Equities: Physical, Spiritual, Psychological, Intellectual,Emotional, Financial, Social and Family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21909]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 8 Equities: Physical, Spiritual, Psychological, Intellectual,Emotional, Financial, Social and Family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Pedro:) Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best becomes you for out o' question you were born ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27425]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Pedro:) Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best becomes you for out o' question you were born in a merry hour. (Beatrice:) No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As men, we are all equal in the presence of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11264]]></link><description><![CDATA[As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12686]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  You go to your saint and find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  You go to your saint and find God working and manifest in him. He got near to God by some saint of his that went before him, or that stood beside him, in whom he saw the divine presence. That saint again lighted his fire at some flame before him; and so the power of the sainthoods animates and fills the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4972]]></link><description><![CDATA[One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace be with you. [Vulgate Lat., Pax vobiscum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace be with you. [Vulgate Lat., Pax vobiscum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18492]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A free agent is anything but. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24339]]></link><description><![CDATA[A free agent is anything but.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62359]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was totally unprecedented - a live interchange with no questions given in advance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38946]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was totally unprecedented - a live interchange with no questions given in advance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not sufficient. [Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non suffecerit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14101]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not sufficient. [Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non suffecerit orbis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14101</guid></item></channel></rss>