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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is made of stories, not atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is made of stories, not atoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25376]]></link><description><![CDATA[People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/370]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took a big step between Monroe and Lake. That has to continue to be competitive in our league, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33621]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took a big step between Monroe and Lake. That has to continue to be competitive in our league, because everyone in our league is a challenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50553]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60087]]></link><description><![CDATA[All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43221]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the virtue of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the virtue of fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any till they are first proved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52511]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep violets, you liken to The kindest eyes that look on you,  Without a thought disloyal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep violets, you liken to The kindest eyes that look on you,  Without a thought disloyal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53526]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil. - Talking to Myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43526]]></link><description><![CDATA[To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil. - Talking to Myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be truly selfish one needs a degree of self-esteem. The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52297]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be truly selfish one needs a degree of self-esteem. The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unattainable, envy takes the place of greed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23224]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will not be a new target for the eradication of polio. Every country in the world could stop polio ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30810]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will not be a new target for the eradication of polio. Every country in the world could stop polio by the end of 2005 save Nigeria. Basically the world, at the start of 2006, will look at who is late, and work to make that process move faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52588]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59258]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always behave like a duck- keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always behave like a duck- keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch the behaviour of the actors, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch the behaviour of the actors,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a morehumane society will not emerge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a morehumane society will not emerge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should think your tongue has broken its chain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59484]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should think your tongue has broken its chain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shirley and Joan have done kids' shows for about 40 years now, and I think they've got it down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shirley and Joan have done kids' shows for about 40 years now, and I think they've got it down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28376]]></link><description><![CDATA[People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Footfalls echo in the memory, Down the passage which we did not take, Towards the door we never opened Into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Footfalls echo in the memory, Down the passage which we did not take, Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it hit the civic center floor, water gushed out like a geyser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40506]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it hit the civic center floor, water gushed out like a geyser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will go back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame;  Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease,   Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  In the rare cases where faith appears to be contradicted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  In the rare cases where faith appears to be contradicted by scholarship whose conclusions have not been prescribed from the start, [the critical scholar] may be cast down but will not be destroyed. For he will know how temporary and mutable the conclusions of scholarship essentially are, and he will also be conscious that he himself may not have perfectly comprehended the Church's faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do take responsibility for my actions and offer my most sincere apologies, especially to Wendy's in San Jose and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29416]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do take responsibility for my actions and offer my most sincere apologies, especially to Wendy's in San Jose and its employees. I'm truly sorry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death." But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the old armchair quarterback theory. Everybody thinks they can be a better coach, a better general manager, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36063]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the old armchair quarterback theory. Everybody thinks they can be a better coach, a better general manager, a better owner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as there is life, there is danger ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11050]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as there is life, there is danger]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Donald Abrams, MD, also commented on the biased federal approach to research. In the late '90s Abrams conducted a federally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33823]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Donald Abrams, MD, also commented on the biased federal approach to research. In the late '90s Abrams conducted a federally funded study to determine the safety of smoked marijuana in AIDS patients taking protease inhibitors.] At that time we could not use the federal government's marijuana to show that it might be beneficial because NIDA has a mandate from Congress that they could only supply marijuana for research to show that it might be dangerous, ... Subsequently NIDA has changed their mechanism so we can look for benefit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660   The greatest curse which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660   The greatest curse which can be entailed upon mankind is a state of war. All the atrocious crimes committed in years of peace -- all that is spent in peace by the secret corruptions or by the thoughtless extravagances of nations -- are mere trifles compared with the gigantic evils which stalk over the world in a state of war. God is forgotten in war -- every principle of Christian charity is trampled upon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope all Iraqis will vote 'Yes' to the constitution so that the building of Iraq can begin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36217]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope all Iraqis will vote 'Yes' to the constitution so that the building of Iraq can begin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13510]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13510</guid></item></channel></rss>