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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[All intellectual improvement arises from leisure ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24598]]></link><description><![CDATA[All intellectual improvement arises from leisure]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55028]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19700]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45422]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead. [Lat., Quem metuont oderunt, quem quisque odit periisse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead. [Lat., Quem metuont oderunt, quem quisque odit periisse expetit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24369]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45386]]></link><description><![CDATA[When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10449]]></link><description><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This acquisition effectively creates a Yahoo! for Linux and open source developers, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40462]]></link><description><![CDATA[This acquisition effectively creates a Yahoo! for Linux and open source developers,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's adding to their cost of operations, but like any business, they'll probably add it onto our costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's adding to their cost of operations, but like any business, they'll probably add it onto our costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime:  When the wise Wanderer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45670]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime:  When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate,   Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20009]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TDK faces a long-term struggle to get orders and take back market share, which they will probably lose because of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36521]]></link><description><![CDATA[TDK faces a long-term struggle to get orders and take back market share, which they will probably lose because of Seagate's acquisition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4773]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26823]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10185]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising:  There are forty feeding like one! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising:  There are forty feeding like one!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65226]]></link><description><![CDATA[I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's the government's role to provide everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunately for themselves and for the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunately for themselves and for the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the "courage of their convictions.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is down will go up. At the same time, you have to be prepared for what is up to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65010]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is down will go up. At the same time, you have to be prepared for what is up to go down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1853]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff!  Some think him ill-tempered and queer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44611]]></link><description><![CDATA[How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff!  Some think him ill-tempered and queer,   But a few think him pleasant enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very important for us as a team to have this long week of games on the road because when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30489]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very important for us as a team to have this long week of games on the road because when the tournament comes, this will be great preparation for it. We need to learn how to play injured and tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They simply aren't meeting this week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40521]]></link><description><![CDATA[They simply aren't meeting this week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18230]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto,  And putting us to ignorance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57277]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto,  And putting us to ignorance again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your man-at-arms,  Crushing the beetle in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your man-at-arms,  Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail,   And crying havoc on the slug and snail.   - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49409]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that in her eyes he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that in her eyes he would ascent to an angelical stature; and, as he attached the fervent nature of his companion more and more closely to him, he heard the strange impersonal voice which he recognised as his own, insisting on the soul's incurable lonliness. We cannot give ourselves, it said: we are our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37650]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15955]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are taking some comfort in results and a feeling that the economy is getting better, but there's still some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36837]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are taking some comfort in results and a feeling that the economy is getting better, but there's still some caution. We need to see more evidence of a sustainable recovery. We need companies to start seeing profits more through top-line growth than just cost-cutting measures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a myriad of immigration laws that, when looked at through the common sense of justice, don't add up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42182]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a myriad of immigration laws that, when looked at through the common sense of justice, don't add up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   When we are troubled with temptation and evil thoughts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   When we are troubled with temptation and evil thoughts, then we see clearly the great need we have of God, since without him we can do nothing good. No one is so good that he is immune to temptation; we will never [in this life] be entirely free of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who lives without discipline dies without honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12404]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who lives without discipline dies without honor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd like more time of course but we're confident he's responding to treatment and he'll have more treatment today. We'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34719]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd like more time of course but we're confident he's responding to treatment and he'll have more treatment today. We'd like to make a decision today but may wait until tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The master of art or giver of wit, Their belly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The master of art or giver of wit, Their belly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to behave is to misbehave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3984]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to behave is to misbehave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joking apart, now let us be serious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joking apart, now let us be serious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63316]]></link><description><![CDATA[You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/249]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61120]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13612</guid></item></channel></rss>