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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a novelist, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a novelist,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19600]]></link><description><![CDATA[I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The annual Congress is also an opportunity to renew the friendship that we, ACI members worldwide, have built through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39075]]></link><description><![CDATA[The annual Congress is also an opportunity to renew the friendship that we, ACI members worldwide, have built through the years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Made poetry a mere mechanic art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Made poetry a mere mechanic art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more a man dreams, the less he believes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more a man dreams, the less he believes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak;  . . . .   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56596]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak;  . . . .   They are slaves who dare not be    In the right with two or three.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if we weren't what we thought all along? What if we were likeable, lovable even, funny and talented and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66919]]></link><description><![CDATA[What if we weren't what we thought all along? What if we were likeable, lovable even, funny and talented and easy to be around, easy to like? Then our self concept was a lie, told to us by cruelty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known  The pangs of a poetic birth  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46859]]></link><description><![CDATA[They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known  The pangs of a poetic birth   By labours of their own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody wanted to fight on prom night. We didn't want to risk it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody wanted to fight on prom night. We didn't want to risk it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't leave if I thought that the sky was falling, ... I think the foundation is there. The institution ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29249]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't leave if I thought that the sky was falling, ... I think the foundation is there. The institution is set up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind. [Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind. [Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do we think that when the day has been idly spent and squandered away by us, we shall be fit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do we think that when the day has been idly spent and squandered away by us, we shall be fit to work when the night and darkness come -- when our understanding is weak, and our memory frail, and our will crooked, and by long custom of sinning obstinately bent the wrong way, what can we then do in religion? What reasonable or acceptable service can we then perform to God? When our candle is just sinking into the socket, how shall our light "so shine before men that they may see our good works"?... I will not pronounce anything concerning the impossibility of a death-bed repentance, but I am sure that it is very difficult, and, I believe, very rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44454]]></link><description><![CDATA[As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home is the place where it feels right to walk around without shoes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Home is the place where it feels right to walk around without shoes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36441]]></link><description><![CDATA[An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And filled the air with barbarous dissonance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57293]]></link><description><![CDATA[And filled the air with barbarous dissonance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is born a genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is born a genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't really have an image of myself. Now, is that true? Well, maybe I do and it's different, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34975]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't really have an image of myself. Now, is that true? Well, maybe I do and it's different, which is why I get shocked when I see how other people experience me. I see myself primarily in a domestic setting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, I stole my little brother's toys and strapped them to the hood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, I stole my little brother's toys and strapped them to the hood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52853]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13934]]></link><description><![CDATA[You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased by them, or too grasping to care for what you cannot turn to other account than mere delight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very comfortable with that overall total reduction in risk, and I would not be able to say that there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36962]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very comfortable with that overall total reduction in risk, and I would not be able to say that there is anything that I can tell that should stop them from going ahead and flying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Professionalism is knowing how to do it, when to do it, and doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Professionalism is knowing how to do it, when to do it, and doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an exciting time for the Rockets. Yao is going to be a part of the Rockets for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40682]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an exciting time for the Rockets. Yao is going to be a part of the Rockets for a long time. I feel he'll become one of the great players in NBA history. He's got the size, intelligence, youth, and quickness to be a phenomenal, forceful player in the league.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time we try to move a piece of furniture, it just falls apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time we try to move a piece of furniture, it just falls apart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years and I believe Alan's wealth of experience should be of great value to our Academy in advancing the many exciting initiatives we have for the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joke's a very serious thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23225]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joke's a very serious thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16917]]></link><description><![CDATA[My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61057]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the world slide. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the world slide. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a lot different than my freshman year. I just had to play quarterback. This year I have to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38777]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a lot different than my freshman year. I just had to play quarterback. This year I have to know the defensive and offensive plays, all the special teams; there's not room for error. I have to know a lot. It's kind of fun getting to play a lot of positions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had that same fire and desire that we had at the beginning of the season. Everyone worked hard. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39441]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had that same fire and desire that we had at the beginning of the season. Everyone worked hard. It's like we entered the next part of our season. It's exciting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is more difficult, to think of an encampment on the moon or of Harlem rebuilt? Both are now within ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9402]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is more difficult, to think of an encampment on the moon or of Harlem rebuilt? Both are now within the reach of our resources. Both now depend upon human decision and human will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37702]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most investors, who do not want their returns squeezed, would insist that the original transactions are modified to contain risks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64946]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64576</guid></item></channel></rss>