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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[I was happy about it, because now I could just throw everything in one big bin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36399]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was happy about it, because now I could just throw everything in one big bin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear;  Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear;  Thou hast no sorrow in thy song,   No winter in thy year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis meet That noble minds keep ever with their likes:  For who so firm that cannot be seduced? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51282]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis meet That noble minds keep ever with their likes:  For who so firm that cannot be seduced?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's not a sea the passenger e'er pukes in, Turns up more dangerous breakers than the Euxine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44883]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's not a sea the passenger e'er pukes in, Turns up more dangerous breakers than the Euxine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than likely, I'm going to play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40718]]></link><description><![CDATA[More than likely, I'm going to play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people. - Broken Vessels, 1991.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27721]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television is a corporate vulgarity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television is a corporate vulgarity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48721]]></link><description><![CDATA[And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force;  With equal care, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24524]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force;  With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent,   For Whigs allow no force but argument.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subtlety set a trap and caught itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4648]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17135]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27599]]></link><description><![CDATA[At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want--for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're uninhibited at an early age, a learning curve is so much higher without that. It's so much fun, they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39605]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're uninhibited at an early age, a learning curve is so much higher without that. It's so much fun, they're quick learners. The younger ones seem to learn best through songs and games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very difficult to be great. Losers prove this point continuously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62799]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very difficult to be great. Losers prove this point continuously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words walked right out of my mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words walked right out of my mouth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52128]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of this you may be assured, that you shall none of you suffer for your opinions or religion, so long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of this you may be assured, that you shall none of you suffer for your opinions or religion, so long as you live peaceably, and you have the word of a king for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27566]]></link><description><![CDATA[An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; all that was once so beautiful is dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had no business living through that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33353]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had no business living through that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.  [Ger., Entzwei' und gebiete! Tuchtig Wort,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.  [Ger., Entzwei' und gebiete! Tuchtig Wort,   Verein' und leite! Bess'rer Hort.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things could be worse for San Francisco itself with a rupture that begins south of the city, than it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things could be worse for San Francisco itself with a rupture that begins south of the city, than it was in 1906 when the rupture began very close to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we could raise one generation with unconditional love, there would be no Hitlers. We need to teach the next ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6105]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we could raise one generation with unconditional love, there would be no Hitlers. We need to teach the next generation of children from Day One that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gross ignorance: 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gross ignorance: 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is never easy for those who dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is never easy for those who dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55955</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[For us it's about family. It affects my family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38014]]></link><description><![CDATA[For us it's about family. It affects my family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth. [Lat., Mendaci homini ne verum quidem dicenti credere solemus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26117]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth. [Lat., Mendaci homini ne verum quidem dicenti credere solemus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir, my circumstances, Being so near the truth as I will make them,  Must first induce you to believe; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir, my circumstances, Being so near the truth as I will make them,  Must first induce you to believe; whose strength   I will confirm with oath, which I doubt not    You'll give me leave to spare when you shall find     You need it not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence, but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God, and bear the cost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14117]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You can have a free society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You can have a free society or you can have a stable society. You can't have both. Take your choice. As for me, I'll choose a free, organic society over a rigid, artificial society any day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pot clashes with its lidIn someones hurried kitchenA telephone boils off the hook.Outside, a car doorAn airplane pulls a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46061]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pot clashes with its lidIn someones hurried kitchenA telephone boils off the hook.Outside, a car doorAn airplane pulls a drag of cloud.muffled thunder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing [a people] to slavery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism: The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism: The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows angry with itself, turns its own executioner, and revenges its misfortunes on its own head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true beginning of our end. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55533]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true beginning of our end. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mt. Hope and North Kingstown are both physical teams. We'll have a battle if we get there. They did the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mt. Hope and North Kingstown are both physical teams. We'll have a battle if we get there. They did the right thing with the seeds. They did it based on record not division winners. St. Ray's is on a collision course with North Smithfield in the semis. It should be interesting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36156</guid></item></channel></rss>