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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a trainstation is where the train stops, what's a workstation...? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9417]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a trainstation is where the train stops, what's a workstation...?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aristotle said , , , melancholy men of all others are most witty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aristotle said , , , melancholy men of all others are most witty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19882]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46300]]></link><description><![CDATA[One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12323]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25939]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64686]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thorne comes forth with the point forwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia--to mistake an ordinary young man for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25910]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia--to mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no longer looking for a Soviet division; the threat is now about a person, ... The problem you're talking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39686]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no longer looking for a Soviet division; the threat is now about a person, ... The problem you're talking about is how do you find one person, among 20-some million in Iraq, who has the ability to move. That's very difficult, but that's the war we're in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39686</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[Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of all beauty, I call love, The attribute, the evidence, and end,  The consummation to the inward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of all beauty, I call love, The attribute, the evidence, and end,  The consummation to the inward sense   Of beauty apprehended from without,    I still call love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In principle, there are no problems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28337]]></link><description><![CDATA[In principle, there are no problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[) Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18902]]></link><description><![CDATA[) Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9517]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are no plans to replace it, since it was never needed in the first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which is analogous to the above.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6016]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59537]]></link><description><![CDATA[We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a Christmas tree .. the perfect giftfor a guy... the plant is already dead(monologue Dec 10 2003). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20094]]></link><description><![CDATA[a Christmas tree .. the perfect giftfor a guy... the plant is already dead(monologue Dec 10 2003).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62617]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground will be prepared in their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52695]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground will be prepared in their children for the severest predisposition to a disturbance of sexual development or to neurotic illness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47654]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mole and His MotherA mole, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: I am sure than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1522]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Mole and His MotherA mole, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: I am sure than I can see, Mother! In the desire to prove to him his mistake, his Mother placed before him a few grains of frankincense, and asked, What is it?' The young Mole said, It is a pebble. His Mother exclaimed: My son, I am afraid that you are not only blind, but that you have lost your sense of smell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And a breastplate made of daisies, Closely fitting, leaf on leaf,  Periwinkles interlaced   Drawn for belt about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10980]]></link><description><![CDATA[And a breastplate made of daisies, Closely fitting, leaf on leaf,  Periwinkles interlaced   Drawn for belt about the waist;    While the brown bees, humming praises,     Shot their arrows round the chief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to wait [to decide on team discipline]. And that's an internal matter we'll never discuss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32634]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to wait [to decide on team discipline]. And that's an internal matter we'll never discuss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a very volatile situation, one that has been going on for a month and will not go away. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37218]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a very volatile situation, one that has been going on for a month and will not go away. The U.S. has made it pretty clear they will react with overwhelming force if they feel threatened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prayers worked, very simply. But we need more prayers. He's not out of it yet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29218]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prayers worked, very simply. But we need more prayers. He's not out of it yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We pine for kindred natures To mingle with our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58524]]></link><description><![CDATA[We pine for kindred natures To mingle with our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This yoga is not possible, for the one who eats too much, or who does not eat at all; who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62517]]></link><description><![CDATA[This yoga is not possible, for the one who eats too much, or who does not eat at all; who sleeps too much, or who keeps awake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28477]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers ... We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13343]]></link><description><![CDATA[I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers ... We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55048]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had our ups and downs this year like any season. But it ended so perfectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37688]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had our ups and downs this year like any season. But it ended so perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. [Lat., Multa trepidus solet  Detegere vultus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18477]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. [Lat., Multa trepidus solet  Detegere vultus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58628]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417   He said not Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417   He said not Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be distressed; but He said, Thou shalt not be overcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5956]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the reason they think it's softer because they're hitting 8-irons [yesterday] and they were hitting 6-irons there [Wednesday]. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30638]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the reason they think it's softer because they're hitting 8-irons [yesterday] and they were hitting 6-irons there [Wednesday]. We haven't watered any of the greens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't ignore the small things -- the kite flies because of its tail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't ignore the small things -- the kite flies because of its tail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This wonder lasted nine daies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61981]]></link><description><![CDATA[This wonder lasted nine daies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are we when we are alone? Some, when they are alone, cease to exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52325]]></link><description><![CDATA[What are we when we are alone? Some, when they are alone, cease to exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52325</guid></item></channel></rss>