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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is insufficient temptation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is insufficient temptation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never been contained except I made the prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never been contained except I made the prison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics makes strange bed-fellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics makes strange bed-fellows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On reforms, the decision has been taken and broad outlines drawn but they now need to be activated ... the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36205]]></link><description><![CDATA[On reforms, the decision has been taken and broad outlines drawn but they now need to be activated ... the speech should be comprehensive and positive on domestic issues,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole volumes in folio. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole volumes in folio. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain I trusted that the flowing bowl Would banish sorrow, and enlarge the soul.  To the late revel, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22927]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain I trusted that the flowing bowl Would banish sorrow, and enlarge the soul.  To the late revel, and protracted feast,   Wild dreams succeeded, and disorder'd rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dove, On silver pinions, winged her peaceful way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12806]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Dove, On silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vengeance is mine, and I will repay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44116]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23703]]></link><description><![CDATA[One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would be very happy to see 3.5 billion humans wiped out from the face of the earth within the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would be very happy to see 3.5 billion humans wiped out from the face of the earth within the next 150 or 200 years and I am quite prepared to go myself with this majority... let us all look forward to the day when the catastrophe strikes us down!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was very relaxing. We talked about what made me smoke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29198]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was very relaxing. We talked about what made me smoke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most employees view base salary as a barometer of their worth, so thinking about a steady decrease in the amount ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most employees view base salary as a barometer of their worth, so thinking about a steady decrease in the amount of money being provided to them has had a psychological impact. That's why organizations looked to variable pay as a way to counteract that -- until recently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that we are only 6 percent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16452]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that we are only 6 percent of the world's population; that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind; that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity; and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is why you fail. (in response to Luke saying, "I don'tbelieve it."). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21116]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is why you fail. (in response to Luke saying, "I don'tbelieve it.").]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her  The flowery May, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her  The flowery May, who from her green lap throws   The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose.    Hail, bounteous May, that doth inspire     Mirth, and youth, and warm desire;      Woods and groves are of thy dressing,       Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing,        Thus we salute thee with our early song,         And welcome thee, and wish thee long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old cat sports not with her prey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49126]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old cat sports not with her prey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just feel that I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when I'm in the process of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3366]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just feel that I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when I'm in the process of working.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16288]]></link><description><![CDATA[And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seating there was very limited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31423]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seating there was very limited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57364]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/596]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17961]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I decided to do something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30009]]></link><description><![CDATA[I decided to do something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attention to health is life greatest hindrance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward. [Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15483]]></link><description><![CDATA[No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward. [Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis puto  Cum is nihil promereat, postulare id gratiae apponi sibi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47856]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26058</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[Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48483]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere fugiamus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48257]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is never a better measure of what a person is than what hedoes when he's absolutely free to choose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22437]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is never a better measure of what a person is than what hedoes when he's absolutely free to choose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's trying to figure out what those guys knew - and how she can get out of it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32055]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's trying to figure out what those guys knew - and how she can get out of it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My tragic view of life... leads me to have little patience with the chronic complaining I hear in modern society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9240]]></link><description><![CDATA[My tragic view of life... leads me to have little patience with the chronic complaining I hear in modern society from people who have so much yet act as if life and society have conspired to oppress them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour doth me more harm then either ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour doth me more harm then either of them both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no rest, but in a nook, with the Book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8099]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no rest, but in a nook, with the Book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8099</guid></item></channel></rss>