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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28606]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London is the clearing-house of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25452]]></link><description><![CDATA[London is the clearing-house of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The high note is not the only thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The high note is not the only thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We plough the sand on the sea shore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50530]]></link><description><![CDATA[We plough the sand on the sea shore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be pointed out with the finger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53888]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be pointed out with the finger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody who owns the stock for a long-term investment is going to sell over a $60 million miss ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody who owns the stock for a long-term investment is going to sell over a $60 million miss]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Juliet: We've never got friendly. I just wanted to say I hope that can change. I'm nice, I really am, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Juliet: We've never got friendly. I just wanted to say I hope that can change. I'm nice, I really am, apart from my terrible taste in pie. And it would be great if we could be friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Them that has, gets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Them that has, gets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he sang every night as he went to bed. 'Let us be happy down here below: the living should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35620]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he sang every night as he went to bed. 'Let us be happy down here below: the living should live, though the dead be dead.' Said the jolly old pedagogue long ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25214]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard: Why can't we all be like that bird? -Edward H. Richards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great strokes make not sweete musick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great strokes make not sweete musick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27957]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow. [Lat., Festo die si quid prodegeris,  Profesto egere liceat nisi peperceris.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow. [Lat., Festo die si quid prodegeris,  Profesto egere liceat nisi peperceris.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was our extra scorer a lot. She's just really competitive. She was our outside threat. And we won a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39758]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was our extra scorer a lot. She's just really competitive. She was our outside threat. And we won a couple of games with her shooting free throws down the stretch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far, we've had 7.36 inches (of rain) for the year. Normal is about 4.51, so we're well above it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38407]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far, we've had 7.36 inches (of rain) for the year. Normal is about 4.51, so we're well above it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Eclecticism is the byword for this year's festival.] The Merchant City has some great venues for comedy, ... We want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28699]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Eclecticism is the byword for this year's festival.] The Merchant City has some great venues for comedy, ... We want to show a bit of everything that happens in Glasgow's comedy community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11800]]></link><description><![CDATA[When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24216]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19678]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3279]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13816]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I cannot bear it!" said the pewter soldier. "I have shed pewter tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57129]]></link><description><![CDATA["I cannot bear it!" said the pewter soldier. "I have shed pewter tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me go to the wars and lose arms and legs! It would at least be a change. I cannot bear it longer! Now, I know what it is to have a visit from one's old thoughts, with what they may bring with them! I have had a visit from mine, and you may be sure it is no pleasant thing in the end; I was at last about to jump down from the drawers."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16988]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14665]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26212]]></link><description><![CDATA[One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55414]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9181]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here [in Matthew 23] is an interpretation of Israel's history according to which God's people have always been disobedient and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here [in Matthew 23] is an interpretation of Israel's history according to which God's people have always been disobedient and rebellious: their alienation from God, it is clearly implied, is to reach its climax in the murder of the Messiah himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60250]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes have an infinite capacity for stupidity. Thus are legends born! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroes have an infinite capacity for stupidity. Thus are legends born!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And this be the vocation fit, For which the founder fashioned it;  High, high above earth's life, earth's labor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4126]]></link><description><![CDATA[And this be the vocation fit, For which the founder fashioned it;  High, high above earth's life, earth's labor   E'en to the heaven's blue vault to soar.    To hover as the thunder's neighbor,     The very firmament explore.      To be a voice as from above       Like yonder stars so bright and clear,        That praise their Maker as they move,         And usher in the circling year.          Tun'd be its metal mouth alone           To things eternal and sublime.            And as the swift wing'd hours speed on             May it record the flight of time!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to basketball, I've never been nervous in my life. Why start now? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32251]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to basketball, I've never been nervous in my life. Why start now?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47185]]></link><description><![CDATA[If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You basically should not throw a breaking ball, any type of breaking ball, including a slider, until you shave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37037]]></link><description><![CDATA[You basically should not throw a breaking ball, any type of breaking ball, including a slider, until you shave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God deliver me from the venom of the cobra, the toothof the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47956]]></link><description><![CDATA[God deliver me from the venom of the cobra, the toothof the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47956</guid></item></channel></rss>