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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joking set aside. [Lat., Omissis jocis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joking set aside. [Lat., Omissis jocis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The robot is going to lose. Not by much. But when the final score is tallied, flesh and blood is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54861]]></link><description><![CDATA[The robot is going to lose. Not by much. But when the final score is tallied, flesh and blood is going to beat the damn monster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a shame the game wasn't on ESPN-Plus because that would have been play of the day for sure. Actually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29740]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a shame the game wasn't on ESPN-Plus because that would have been play of the day for sure. Actually I didn't think my pass was all that good, but Trent got to it and, well, that was awesome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your words sweet -- you may have to eat them. I expect to pass through this world but once; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your words sweet -- you may have to eat them. I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man cares not for what he cannot have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49086]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery and suffering to the masses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46883]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery and suffering to the masses have their root in governments, and owe their whole existence to the power derived from government we cannot help but believe that were every law, every title deed, every court, and every police officer or soldier abolished tomorrow with one sweep, we would be better off than now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62597]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up to something, that's news. If they aren't, that's news too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms -- will it return to my body when they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3869]]></link><description><![CDATA[My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms -- will it return to my body when they scatter?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience and Gentleness is Power.   - Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience and Gentleness is Power.   - Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is not belief in spite of evidence, but life in scorn of consequences -- a courageous trust in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not belief in spite of evidence, but life in scorn of consequences -- a courageous trust in the great purpose of all things, and pressing forward to finish the work which is in sight, whatever the price may be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who teacheth often learns himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who teacheth often learns himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With a written agreement you have a prayer; with averbal agreement you have nothing but air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22395]]></link><description><![CDATA[With a written agreement you have a prayer; with averbal agreement you have nothing but air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bluntness is a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bluntness is a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26915]]></link><description><![CDATA[A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests a wisdom several steps or even years ahead of the conscious mind, and has its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests a wisdom several steps or even years ahead of the conscious mind, and has its own way of leading us toward our destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is absolutely no justification for the actions you have taken, ... You have already defamed the uniform. Do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35870]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is absolutely no justification for the actions you have taken, ... You have already defamed the uniform. Do not drench it with dishonor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26576]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose firm is equal to the deed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16041]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose firm is equal to the deed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every mess I find a friend, In every port a wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61877]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every mess I find a friend, In every port a wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence - that common cure of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence - that common cure of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All war represents a failure of diplomacy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12310]]></link><description><![CDATA[All war represents a failure of diplomacy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4820]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16649]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the way free speech doesn't apply at work. You can't just walk into your boss' office and say 'you're a fuckface and I'm gonna go back to work now.' No, you're not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, and where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think most people will believe that Arthur Anderson died because (after Enron imploded) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29654]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think most people will believe that Arthur Anderson died because (after Enron imploded)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get that many athletes in one place was unreal. It was nice to be a part of it. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33379]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get that many athletes in one place was unreal. It was nice to be a part of it. We plan to come back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Swallow and the CrowThe Swallow and the Crow had a contention about their plumage. The Crow put an end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Swallow and the CrowThe Swallow and the Crow had a contention about their plumage. The Crow put an end to the dispute by saying, Your feathers are all very well in the spring, but mine protect me against the winter. Fair weather friends are not worth much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/887]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24322]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness induces caprice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness induces caprice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This even-handed justice Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice  To our own lips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51380]]></link><description><![CDATA[This even-handed justice Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice  To our own lips.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God never made His work for man to mend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17710]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never made His work for man to mend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So tedious is this day As is the night before some festival  To an impatient child that hath new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2760]]></link><description><![CDATA[So tedious is this day As is the night before some festival  To an impatient child that hath new robes   And may not wear them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice President Dick Cheney is currently out in South Dakota on a three-day hunting trip. What better place for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice President Dick Cheney is currently out in South Dakota on a three-day hunting trip. What better place for a man who has had four heart attacks than to be carrying a big gun and a backpack through the snow looking for red meat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12502</guid></item></channel></rss>