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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Whip me such honest knaves! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whip me such honest knaves!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58886]]></link><description><![CDATA[I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60111]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52036]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell. Not if you love your wife... In fact, if your old lady walks in on you, deny it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell. Not if you love your wife... In fact, if your old lady walks in on you, deny it. Yeah. Just flat out and she'll believe it: "I'm tellin' ya. This chick came downstairs with a sign around her neck 'Lay on Top of Me Or I'll Die.' I didn't know what I was gonna do....".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo  and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo  and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild oats make a bad autumn crop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4011]]></link><description><![CDATA[When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our old Pleasures die, Some new One still is nigh;  Oh! fair Variety! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60433]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our old Pleasures die, Some new One still is nigh;  Oh! fair Variety!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a pleasure, sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21010]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a pleasure, sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lost Echo sits amid the voiceless mountains, And feeds her grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lost Echo sits amid the voiceless mountains, And feeds her grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some things that are not the way they should be, and even the indicators that are 'best-ever' status ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34097]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some things that are not the way they should be, and even the indicators that are 'best-ever' status have room for improvement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46669]]></link><description><![CDATA[A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew what I was getting into. Routes, things like that, making sure I'm in shape, that's what they're looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33538]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew what I was getting into. Routes, things like that, making sure I'm in shape, that's what they're looking for. ... I need to get in and out of cuts ASAP. I need to be as good at that as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big thing about (Cline's) teams is it starts with the offensive line, but when I think about their explosiveness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big thing about (Cline's) teams is it starts with the offensive line, but when I think about their explosiveness, what I have seen they have a lot of versatility,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby andsay, "How can we screw this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby andsay, "How can we screw this kid up.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35529]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22480]]></link><description><![CDATA[How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulousarabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less thana god.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider it the highest compliment when my employees go out and start their own companies in competition with me. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13752]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider it the highest compliment when my employees go out and start their own companies in competition with me. I always send them a plant to wish them well. Of course, it's a cactus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25238]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had so much press, and then they get bored... I think we've done well to keep going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34514]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had so much press, and then they get bored... I think we've done well to keep going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/77]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/77</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could be on scene and see someone mistreat an animal and we couldn't arrest them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40406]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could be on scene and see someone mistreat an animal and we couldn't arrest them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise traveler never despises his own country. [It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59618]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise traveler never despises his own country. [It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53751]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34374]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, it doesn't matter. The camera always sees it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The media is constantly redefining what luxury is. Luxury can be a dirty sock if dressed up in the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26086]]></link><description><![CDATA[The media is constantly redefining what luxury is. Luxury can be a dirty sock if dressed up in the right way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the drink goes in, there the wit goes out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the drink goes in, there the wit goes out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physicians are beginning to understand that the only way they'll get in trouble is if they don't do what the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physicians are beginning to understand that the only way they'll get in trouble is if they don't do what the patient wanted -- that's why this case is important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4529]]></link><description><![CDATA[You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked are destroyed; fruitful olives, vines of Engaddi, fig-trees knowing no sterility; burning lamps to be ever held in the hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51596]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61512]]></link><description><![CDATA[We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21056]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips, Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair;  The Grecian gods are like the Greeks,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17737]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips, Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair;  The Grecian gods are like the Greeks,   As keen-eyed, cold and fair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53659]]></link><description><![CDATA[It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman of 35 thinks of having children. A man of 35 thinks of Dating children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11104]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman of 35 thinks of having children. A man of 35 thinks of Dating children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great world's altar stairs That slope through darkness up to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18404]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great world's altar stairs That slope through darkness up to God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comedy is tragedy - plus time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comedy is tragedy - plus time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15419</guid></item></channel></rss>