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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Opera: the graveyard of melody ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opera: the graveyard of melody]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12264]]></link><description><![CDATA[when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I am going to live-or at least try to live-the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is going down: the price of the dollar, the price of stocks, the price of bonds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is going down: the price of the dollar, the price of stocks, the price of bonds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunman have taken that territory. They make raids on human consciousness. What writers used to do before we were all incorporated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19680]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft in the tranquil hour of night, When stars illume the sky,  I gaze upon each orb of light, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft in the tranquil hour of night, When stars illume the sky,  I gaze upon each orb of light,   And wish that thou wert by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/721]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire, Cast her ashes into the sea,--  She shall escape, she shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire, Cast her ashes into the sea,--  She shall escape, she shall aspire,   She shall arise to make men free;    She shall arise in a sacred scorn,     Lighting the lives that are yet unborn,      Spirit supernal, splendor eternal,       England!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11115]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though throned in highest bliss Equal to God, and equally enjoying  God-like fruition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though throned in highest bliss Equal to God, and equally enjoying  God-like fruition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arrogant powers intend to make countries local and national economy bankrupt in an attempt to make more benefits from establishing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arrogant powers intend to make countries local and national economy bankrupt in an attempt to make more benefits from establishing a big market]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't see it as a law of the Church but as a law of God, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34989]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't see it as a law of the Church but as a law of God,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who can take no great interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44796]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who can take no great interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44796</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[But we are all men In our own natures frail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51365]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we are all men In our own natures frail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The entire Old Testament] ground-plan is the whole scheme of Messianic prophecy, from the germinal revelation in Genesis concerning the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6677]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The entire Old Testament] ground-plan is the whole scheme of Messianic prophecy, from the germinal revelation in Genesis concerning the suffering, yet triumphant Seed of the Woman to the coming to His Temple of the long-absent "Angel of the Covenant" in Malachi. That hope alone explains the Book, giving meaning and consistency to its story. Was it a chimera, an hallucination? According to the prophecy of Micah, the messianic Shepherd of Israel had to be born in Bethlehem. It is unthinkable that an heir to the throne of David could be born in Bethlehem now, and be also able to prove his legitimacy by documentary evidence. The event must clearly have taken place already, or Micah is a false prophet, a raiser of false hopes, along with the other writers in the Old Testament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and notyour god. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and notyour god.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shortest follies are the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16331]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shortest follies are the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A naughty child is better sick then whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49063]]></link><description><![CDATA[A naughty child is better sick then whole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26622]]></link><description><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63829]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Louisiana should be able to apply the word ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirableÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â to her dream of a modern medical teaching facility. Yet, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Louisiana should be able to apply the word ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirableÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â to her dream of a modern medical teaching facility. Yet, when a dream transcends to desire and intention is conquered by cupidity, ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirabilityÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â is reduced to depravity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45196]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28708]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My son was killed in a war without honor for the sake of lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23037]]></link><description><![CDATA[My son was killed in a war without honor for the sake of lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I admit that: my wife is outspoken, but by whom? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66249]]></link><description><![CDATA[I admit that: my wife is outspoken, but by whom?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is hideously fragile [and] there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is hideously fragile [and] there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No organization is stronger than the quality of its leadership, or ever extends its constituency far beyond the degree to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24473]]></link><description><![CDATA[No organization is stronger than the quality of its leadership, or ever extends its constituency far beyond the degree to which its leadership is representative. -Edgar Powell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defender of his country--the founder of liberty, The friend of man,  History and tradition are explored in vain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61234]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defender of his country--the founder of liberty, The friend of man,  History and tradition are explored in vain   For a parallel to his character.    In the annals of modern greatness     He stands alone;      And the noblest names of antiquity       Lose their lustre in his presence.        Born the benefactor of mankind,         He united all the greatness necessary          To an illustrious career.           Nature made him great,            He made himself virtuous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He came back nicely. He doesn't throw as hard as Kurtis, but he throws the ball over the plate, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34550]]></link><description><![CDATA[He came back nicely. He doesn't throw as hard as Kurtis, but he throws the ball over the plate, he changes speeds, he works quickly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13526]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Explosive material plus radioactive material equals dirty bomb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Explosive material plus radioactive material equals dirty bomb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We simply write the kind of music we enjoy most and hope that our audience will enjoy it too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30064]]></link><description><![CDATA[We simply write the kind of music we enjoy most and hope that our audience will enjoy it too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54564]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64761]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We plan to selectively open stores each year in important markets in Asia, Europe and Latin America. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41666]]></link><description><![CDATA[We plan to selectively open stores each year in important markets in Asia, Europe and Latin America.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A break up is like a broken mirror. It is better to leave it broken than hurt yourself to fix ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63055]]></link><description><![CDATA[A break up is like a broken mirror. It is better to leave it broken than hurt yourself to fix it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27074]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27074</guid></item></channel></rss>