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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Friday afternoon is usually not the best time to get people's attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friday afternoon is usually not the best time to get people's attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38537]]></link><description><![CDATA[For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have some guys who are injured that I have to prove myself against. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30840]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have some guys who are injured that I have to prove myself against.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plus those guys don't have mascots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plus those guys don't have mascots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12643]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We go through 20 cases of ham a week. That's 40 hams every week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40761]]></link><description><![CDATA[We go through 20 cases of ham a week. That's 40 hams every week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5855]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is by definition healthy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is by definition healthy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to DisneyLand, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11726]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to DisneyLand, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said, "DisneyLand burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real DisneyLand, but it was getting pretty late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because the temperature is at 32 or just a little above, it is heavy snow to push off the roadway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because the temperature is at 32 or just a little above, it is heavy snow to push off the roadway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Responsibility and danger do not tend to free or stimulate the average person's mind- rather the contrary; but wherever they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Responsibility and danger do not tend to free or stimulate the average person's mind- rather the contrary; but wherever they do liberate an individual's judgement and confidence we can be sure that we are in the presence of exceptional ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63027]]></link><description><![CDATA[For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60903]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only do what your heart tells you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only do what your heart tells you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19020</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[If you are able to decrease the noise level by 6 dB, that's half of what it used to be. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30971]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are able to decrease the noise level by 6 dB, that's half of what it used to be. We've made a 10 dB improvement in dynamic range and total harmonic distortion plus noise (THD+N) performance, compared to the CS3310.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All those must such delights expect to share, Who for their friend think fit to take a bear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48976]]></link><description><![CDATA[All those must such delights expect to share, Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think being funny is not anyone's first choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55120]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think being funny is not anyone's first choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All parties will work within the next three days to reach an agreement. We will meet in three days to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36212]]></link><description><![CDATA[All parties will work within the next three days to reach an agreement. We will meet in three days to finalise this issue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make the plough go before the horse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45263]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make the plough go before the horse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're providing all the supplies and dinner. Parents just bring in pictures they want to put in the scrapbook, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29146]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're providing all the supplies and dinner. Parents just bring in pictures they want to put in the scrapbook, and the essay the kids wrote will be the centerpiece. It will pull a little at the heartstrings because the essay and pictures are so meaningful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, for the sake of getting a living forget to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, for the sake of getting a living forget to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life isn't about finding yourself it's about creating yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't about finding yourself it's about creating yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do I dislike about death? Must be the hours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60221]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do I dislike about death? Must be the hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity knows no law except to conquer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity knows no law except to conquer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little girl at the wedding afterwards asked her mother why the bride changed her mind. "What do you mean?" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27293]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little girl at the wedding afterwards asked her mother why the bride changed her mind. "What do you mean?" responded her mother. "Well, she went down the aisle with one man, and came back with another.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27664]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Sultan Shah-Zaman Goes to the city Ispahan,  Even before he gets so far   As the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13154]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the Sultan Shah-Zaman Goes to the city Ispahan,  Even before he gets so far   As the place where the clustered palm-trees are,    At the last of the thirty palace-gates     The pet of the harem, Rose-in-Bloom,      Orders a feast in his favorite room--       Glittering square of colored ice,        Sweetened with syrup, tinctured with spice,         Creams, and cordials, and sugared dates,          Syrian apples, Othmanee quinces,           Limes and citrons and apricots,            And wines that are known to Eastern princes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there is pansies, that's for thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45445]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there is pansies, that's for thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only one who can beat me is me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only one who can beat me is me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2867]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. [Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15482]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. [Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26565]]></link><description><![CDATA[My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At one point he said, 'Do you want to torture me?' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36170]]></link><description><![CDATA[At one point he said, 'Do you want to torture me?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never make a defense or apology before you are accused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You came to me like a dream, you held me in reality and will leave me gasping for your loving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3871]]></link><description><![CDATA[You came to me like a dream, you held me in reality and will leave me gasping for your loving breath when you are gone....]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53357]]></link><description><![CDATA[An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14432]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5539]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5539</guid></item></channel></rss>