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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Deep down, I'm pretty superficial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a society in the deepest solitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57176]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a society in the deepest solitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all this friends:  Faithful friends! It lies I know  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11166]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all this friends:  Faithful friends! It lies I know   Pale and white and cold as snow;    And ye say, "Abdallah's dead!"     Weeping at the feet and head.      I can see your falling tears,       I can hear your sighs and prayers;        Yet I smile and whisper this:         I am not the thing you kiss.          Cease your tears and let it lie;           It was mine--it is not I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58773]]></link><description><![CDATA[No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59542]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At some point, when stretched so far, you break. We are not made of elastic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35694]]></link><description><![CDATA[At some point, when stretched so far, you break. We are not made of elastic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15037]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holidays - Have no pity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holidays - Have no pity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were he now to do so, he would forfeit all credibility. If he now said 'Er, I'm not sure I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were he now to do so, he would forfeit all credibility. If he now said 'Er, I'm not sure I was right to do what I've done,' I think people would turn on him. He's set his hand to this particular plough, he's got to complete the furrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who know but He, whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms,  Pours ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who know but He, whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms,  Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a blast. It was very intense and every game was a must-win game. I would do it again ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41374]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a blast. It was very intense and every game was a must-win game. I would do it again if asked and almost every player I have talked to from different nations would come back again. It was terrific chemistry and I'm thankful I got the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You basically should not throw a breaking ball, any type of breaking ball, including a slider, until you shave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37037]]></link><description><![CDATA[You basically should not throw a breaking ball, any type of breaking ball, including a slider, until you shave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way others treat you when you're there, is something to be considered.. but the way they respect you when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way others treat you when you're there, is something to be considered.. but the way they respect you when you're not around is much more important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot name any programs that will be cut. In fact, we did not focus on that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31974]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot name any programs that will be cut. In fact, we did not focus on that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot win a game of tug-o-war by merely standing firm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32314]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot win a game of tug-o-war by merely standing firm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice renders to every one his due. [Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice renders to every one his due. [Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are six people in the race. There are jumps, turns and rollers and some huge jumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36942]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are six people in the race. There are jumps, turns and rollers and some huge jumps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63655]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one,  Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58024]]></link><description><![CDATA[From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one,  Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading;   Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,    But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people; for it is they who form a communication between the learned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people; for it is they who form a communication between the learned and the unlearned, and, as it were, throw a bridge between those two great divisions of the public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six or seven months ago, I didn't think I'd be up here talking about a new basketball coach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Six or seven months ago, I didn't think I'd be up here talking about a new basketball coach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27177]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24742]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it first happened, I thought about losing [a shot at] the NBA. Once they said I had the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40359]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it first happened, I thought about losing [a shot at] the NBA. Once they said I had the same thing [former Longhorn and current Kansas City Chiefs running back] Priest Holmes had, I knew I'd be all right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not that life is so short, it's just that you're dead for so long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not that life is so short, it's just that you're dead for so long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11433</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[I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21119]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to keep all costs down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to keep all costs down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Andrew the Apostle   Without ordinances, men would be much more mischievous and ungovernable than dogs and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Andrew the Apostle   Without ordinances, men would be much more mischievous and ungovernable than dogs and cattle. And few have come to the knowledge of the truth, but what have begun with holy practices and ordinances, and exercised themselves therein so long as they knew nothing more nor better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything starts with yourself -- with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything starts with yourself -- with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present is a point just passed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present is a point just passed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They kindly leave us, but not quite alone, But in good company, the gout or stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48770]]></link><description><![CDATA[They kindly leave us, but not quite alone, But in good company, the gout or stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou who hast The fatal gist of beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou who hast The fatal gist of beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2015]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European like serial polygamy, is the moral solution to the problem of the itch. Love comes into it too, of course, but in Europe we tend to see marital love as an eternity which encompasses hate and also indifference: when we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract. Americans, seeming to take marriage with not enough seriousness, are really taking love and sex with too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't read lips unless they're touching mine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23853]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't read lips unless they're touching mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something. -Wilson Mizner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25186]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something. -Wilson Mizner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is in the end to be thrown down, Begins by being first set on high. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21107]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is in the end to be thrown down, Begins by being first set on high.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65324</guid></item></channel></rss>