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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2559</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[Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;  Grasp it like a man of mettle, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;  Grasp it like a man of mettle,   And it soft as silk remains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And plenty makes us poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47881]]></link><description><![CDATA[And plenty makes us poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is spiritualized imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is spiritualized imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19255]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is not diminished by being shared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is not diminished by being shared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.   - William Makepeace Thackeray,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not commenting on the rumors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34170]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not commenting on the rumors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy. [Lat., Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy. [Lat., Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but yourself who are your greatest foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13856]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but yourself who are your greatest foe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people totreat you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people totreat you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23673]]></link><description><![CDATA[People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. [Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. [Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To read Wilson... is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37092]]></link><description><![CDATA[To read Wilson... is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11345]]></link><description><![CDATA[One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best smell in the world is that man that you love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5396]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best smell in the world is that man that you love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri volunt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still waters run no mills. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still waters run no mills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52051]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what so tedious as a twice-told tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57921]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4253]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally speaking, everyone is more interresting doing nothing than doing anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally speaking, everyone is more interresting doing nothing than doing anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew I could play, ... I knew I was going to be fine. I just kept my head up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37273]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew I could play, ... I knew I was going to be fine. I just kept my head up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll put a spoke among your wheels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48621]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll put a spoke among your wheels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope they find (whoever is responsible) in the next 24 hours, so I can get rid of them. I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope they find (whoever is responsible) in the next 24 hours, so I can get rid of them. I'd rather have an empty apartment than a bad tenant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45611]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17876]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause against it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58969]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause against it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentious fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentious fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks;  News from all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23339]]></link><description><![CDATA[He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks;  News from all nations lumbering at his back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50556]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65012]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that fears you present will hate you absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18811]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that fears you present will hate you absent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief is only the memory of widowed affections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41750]]></link><description><![CDATA[These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision introduced into the Chinese Constitution in March 2004.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since when was genius found respectable? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since when was genius found respectable?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13218]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a part of all that I have seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a part of all that I have seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a tough problem, and there is no simple answer or smoking gun. More likely, there are multiple causes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31902]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a tough problem, and there is no simple answer or smoking gun. More likely, there are multiple causes, and they may vary from species to species.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14156</guid></item></channel></rss>