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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Neither irony or sarcasm is argument. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They tried to get me - I got them first!(suicide by drinking Lysol). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15222]]></link><description><![CDATA[They tried to get me - I got them first!(suicide by drinking Lysol).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10964]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A century or so since, they spoke of sharing our Lord with the heathen, and the world rocked with laughter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7939]]></link><description><![CDATA[A century or so since, they spoke of sharing our Lord with the heathen, and the world rocked with laughter at so crazy a scheme, with the Church joining loudly in the merriment. Yet today, who laughs now? We ought to be the gladdest and the most exultant people in the world; for we have found the key to our difficulties, and it turns; have come on a solution of life's problems, and it works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we tried to stop them, they started pelting us with stones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41364]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we tried to stop them, they started pelting us with stones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not that hard to move anything you do on paper to a computer. The fundamental question is whether that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36010]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not that hard to move anything you do on paper to a computer. The fundamental question is whether that's a really innovative thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we came here we didn't know anybody, and when we wanted to do something we had no idea where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28870]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we came here we didn't know anybody, and when we wanted to do something we had no idea where to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8990]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you wonder for what reason, Theodorus, notwithstanding your frequent requests and importunities, I have never presented you with my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you wonder for what reason, Theodorus, notwithstanding your frequent requests and importunities, I have never presented you with my works? I have an excellent reason; it is lest you should present me with yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill . . . called a guy who was a towering figure and he totally defanged him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bill . . . called a guy who was a towering figure and he totally defanged him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To relinquish any of the Psalms on the excuse that its sentiments are too violent for a Christian is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6402]]></link><description><![CDATA[To relinquish any of the Psalms on the excuse that its sentiments are too violent for a Christian is a clear sign that a person has also given up the very battle that a Christian is summoned to fight. The Psalms are prayers for those who are engaged in an ongoing, spiritual conflict. No one else need bother even opening the book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pile Pelion upon Olympus. [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43307]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pile Pelion upon Olympus. [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the race I was a little disappointed because that was the second time I lost to that kid. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41780]]></link><description><![CDATA[After the race I was a little disappointed because that was the second time I lost to that kid. I thought maybe if it was on a different track I could have beaten that kid, but that's part of racing, the type of track you're on and stuff like that. I always want to win, but that's kind of a reality. It was a good showing to be there and finish second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's heavy, but also it's sort of the philosophy of Hospice that it's not about death. It's about life. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's heavy, but also it's sort of the philosophy of Hospice that it's not about death. It's about life. When you're able to confront the realities of death, you're able to live life as long as you can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Widow and the SheepA certain poor widow had one solitary Sheep. At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1602]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Widow and the SheepA certain poor widow had one solitary Sheep. At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared him herself, but used the shears so unskillfully that with the fleece she sheared the flesh. The Sheep, writhing with pain, said, Why do you hurt me so, Mistress? What weight can my blood add to the wool? If you want my flesh, there is the butcher, who will kill me in an instant; but if you want my fleece and wool, there is the shearer, who will shear and not hurt me. The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have asked (commission economists) to give me interim forecasts twice a year as well as the standard forecasts that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37998]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have asked (commission economists) to give me interim forecasts twice a year as well as the standard forecasts that we get twice a year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally, employees who file complaints of discrimination do so as a last resort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally, employees who file complaints of discrimination do so as a last resort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25169]]></link><description><![CDATA[In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.  [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.  [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt,   Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12830]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They can because they think they can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21643]]></link><description><![CDATA[They can because they think they can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the reason they think it's softer because they're hitting 8-irons [yesterday] and they were hitting 6-irons there [Wednesday]. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30638]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the reason they think it's softer because they're hitting 8-irons [yesterday] and they were hitting 6-irons there [Wednesday]. We haven't watered any of the greens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19239]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain;  But the Lord is risen to-day, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13146]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain;  But the Lord is risen to-day,   Christ hath brought us life again,    Wherefore let us all rejoice,     Singing loud, with cheerful voice,      Hallelujah!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things always happen in series. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things always happen in series.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not ashamed that these reproaches can be cast upon us, and that they can not be repelled. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56132]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not ashamed that these reproaches can be cast upon us, and that they can not be repelled. [Lat., Pudet haec opprobria nobis  Et dici potuisse et non potuisse repelli.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22822]]></link><description><![CDATA[She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A severe war lurks under the show of peace. [Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45879]]></link><description><![CDATA[A severe war lurks under the show of peace. [Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability is of little account without opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability is of little account without opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that there's this prejudice, that people that have a college education are more intelligent than people that don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31164]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that there's this prejudice, that people that have a college education are more intelligent than people that don't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, like a mirror, never gives back more than we put into it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, like a mirror, never gives back more than we put into it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no question average selling prices are dropping all over the marketplace, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35149]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no question average selling prices are dropping all over the marketplace,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature's first great title--mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature's first great title--mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation. People learned that I was producing a 'Star Trek' film, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation. People learned that I was producing a 'Star Trek' film, that I had an option to direct it, they hear rumors of what the thing was going to be and ran with a story that is not entirely accurate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With Thee, 'tis one to behold and to pity. Accordingly, Thy mercy followeth every man so long as he liveth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8141]]></link><description><![CDATA[With Thee, 'tis one to behold and to pity. Accordingly, Thy mercy followeth every man so long as he liveth, whithersoever he goeth, even as Thy glance never quitteth any.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56953]]></link><description><![CDATA[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr. Robertson is, of course, no ordinary private citizen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mr. Robertson is, of course, no ordinary private citizen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge-that myth ismore potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22479]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge-that myth ismore potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful thanfacts-that hope always triumphs over experience-that laughter is the onlycure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[nobody can disarm the resistance movements without a political resolution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28614]]></link><description><![CDATA[nobody can disarm the resistance movements without a political resolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26151]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26151</guid></item></channel></rss>