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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just sent some information about him to a student last week, ... I get inquiries on and off throughout ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33102]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just sent some information about him to a student last week, ... I get inquiries on and off throughout the year. It seems like more and more people are catching on that he came here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is a friend who will never betray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is a friend who will never betray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burden is on the custodian of the record who makes the record public. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burden is on the custodian of the record who makes the record public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which he by hook or crook has gather'd And by his own inventions father'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Which he by hook or crook has gather'd And by his own inventions father'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29764]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3390]]></link><description><![CDATA[A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have been encouraged by the results of a couple successful campaigns that we've featured to help promote them, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31640]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have been encouraged by the results of a couple successful campaigns that we've featured to help promote them, but the overall impact of the format has still been nominal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system of trade, but it's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system of trade, but it's not my purpose and reason for living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I can feel one of my turns coming on.I feel cold as a razor blade,Tight as a tourniquet,Dry as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15473]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I can feel one of my turns coming on.I feel cold as a razor blade,Tight as a tourniquet,Dry as a funeral drum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He left a Corsair's name to other times, Linked with one virtue, and a thousand crimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43636]]></link><description><![CDATA[He left a Corsair's name to other times, Linked with one virtue, and a thousand crimes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically I'm pleased the towns have decided to participate in the project, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically I'm pleased the towns have decided to participate in the project,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15945]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist - the taxidermist leaves the hide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5097]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist - the taxidermist leaves the hide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20377]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rational hind Costard. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rational hind Costard. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all depend on Sophie to shoot the ball and score. But I wanted the ball. I was feeling it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29050]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all depend on Sophie to shoot the ball and score. But I wanted the ball. I was feeling it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63248]]></link><description><![CDATA[The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59208]]></link><description><![CDATA[With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11069]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60974]]></link><description><![CDATA[A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. - The Treasure of Franchard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27609]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. - The Treasure of Franchard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a game only saints playKabir. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a game only saints playKabir.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where liberty dwells, there is my country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where liberty dwells, there is my country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weaker the man in authority... the stronger his insistence that all his privileges be acknowledged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weaker the man in authority... the stronger his insistence that all his privileges be acknowledged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our necessities are few but our wants are endless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But they will also do the minimum to stop people from going to fight in Iraq to avoid a sectarian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28235]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they will also do the minimum to stop people from going to fight in Iraq to avoid a sectarian conflict at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really put us on ... the mass consumer map, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39853]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really put us on ... the mass consumer map,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but this is only so when it is also an opportunity for doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but this is only so when it is also an opportunity for doing wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy gown? Why, ay--come, tailor, let us see't. O mercy, God, what masquing stuff is there?  What's this, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy gown? Why, ay--come, tailor, let us see't. O mercy, God, what masquing stuff is there?  What's this, a sleeve? 'Tis like a demi-cannon.   What, up and down carved like an apple tart?    Here's snip and nip and cut and slish and slash,     Like to a censer in a barber's shop.      Why, what's a devil's name, tailor, call'st thou this?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The White House Web site is and always has been consistent with the OMB guidance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33038]]></link><description><![CDATA[The White House Web site is and always has been consistent with the OMB guidance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43087]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, sitting down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, "You know, Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat. Therefore what does that signify to me?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who speaks reason to his fellow man bestows it upon them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who speaks reason to his fellow man bestows it upon them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60489]]></link><description><![CDATA[He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18023]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was ready to do things the right way when he got out, but when young men are put in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42026]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was ready to do things the right way when he got out, but when young men are put in prison and then thrown back on the street and have no training for anything they go right back into the pit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen! Bare long after the rest are green;  But as the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43375]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen! Bare long after the rest are green;  But as the time steals onwards, while none perceives   Slowly she clothes herself with leaves--    Hides her fruit under them, hard to find.     . . . .      But by and by, when the flowers grow few       And the fruits are dwindling and small to view--        Out she comes in her matron grace         With the purple myriads of her race;          Full of plenty from root to crown,           Showering plenty her feet adown.            While far over head hang gorgeously             Large luscious berries of sanguine dye,              For the best grows highest, always highest,               Upon the mulberry-tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the advertisements; by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an ambassador.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23320</guid></item></channel></rss>