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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Unix is so damned useful, why is "no" in /usr/dict/words, but "yes" isn't? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Unix is so damned useful, why is "no" in /usr/dict/words, but "yes" isn't?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[decided to desist from all sorts of resistance and to stop our actions against the Israelis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28616]]></link><description><![CDATA[decided to desist from all sorts of resistance and to stop our actions against the Israelis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't say that I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52817]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't say that I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want to make that very clear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High above hate I dwell, O storms! farewell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18850]]></link><description><![CDATA[High above hate I dwell, O storms! farewell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember seeing those boats training and thinking ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29997]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember seeing those boats training and thinking]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44694]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a great guitar player. He's worth the $5 alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38522]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a great guitar player. He's worth the $5 alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love spends his all, and still hath store. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love spends his all, and still hath store.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12345]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17165]]></link><description><![CDATA[No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great intellects are skeptical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great intellects are skeptical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A healthy appetite for righteousness, kept in due control by good manners, is an excellent thing; but to "hunger and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52085]]></link><description><![CDATA[A healthy appetite for righteousness, kept in due control by good manners, is an excellent thing; but to "hunger and thirst" after it is often merely a symptom of spiritual diabetes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first,  Leaving the bad still strong, though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first,  Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime,   To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd    Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiar acts are beautiful through love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiar acts are beautiful through love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were well aware coming into this game that playing Falmouth was going to be a learning experience for many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40093]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were well aware coming into this game that playing Falmouth was going to be a learning experience for many of our younger players,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ring flies a long way because it's so thin, ... It's sailed as far as 1,333 feet, a Guinness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ring flies a long way because it's so thin, ... It's sailed as far as 1,333 feet, a Guinness world record.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are dwarfs, deeds are giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are dwarfs, deeds are giants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily news that comes in on the ongoing violence and the more-structural problems,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify -Henry Thoreau. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify -Henry Thoreau.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9352]]></link><description><![CDATA[The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam,  There's a warmth about to glow,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59457]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam,  There's a warmth about to glow,   There's a flower about to blow;    There's a midnight blackness changing     Into gray;      Men of thought and men of action,       Clear the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12469]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the various delusions, the sense of discrimination between oneself and others is the worst form, as it creates nothing but unpleasant]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails, And each by turns his aching heart assails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails, And each by turns his aching heart assails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel the overall market is showing a lot of life across the board. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42575]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel the overall market is showing a lot of life across the board.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given the decision by the Justice Department to indict the entire 26,000-person firm, it is invertible there will be some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given the decision by the Justice Department to indict the entire 26,000-person firm, it is invertible there will be some personnel cuts,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47301]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have the courage to live. Anyone can die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23643]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15967]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. [Fr., Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54219]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. [Fr., Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only little boys and old men sneer at love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only little boys and old men sneer at love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the Lord judge the criminals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the Lord judge the criminals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason. [Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53095]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason. [Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mountain in LaborA mountain was once greatly agitated. Loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Mountain in LaborA mountain was once greatly agitated. Loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came from all parts to see what was the matter. While they were assembled in anxious expectation of some terrible calamity, out came a Mouse. Don't make much ado about nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every woman is like a timezone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every woman is like a timezone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to the next night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is one of the highest shot totals we have had ever. We were shooting all our shots high early ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30562]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is one of the highest shot totals we have had ever. We were shooting all our shots high early in the game. We needed to be shooting low on the goal. Once we started doing that, things turned around a little. Their goalie did a real good job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man's needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47294]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man's needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated appropriation of wealth produced by others; this is the political means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you could only love enough, you could be the mostpowerful person in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22393]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you could only love enough, you could be the mostpowerful person in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said: that it was a Great delusion to think that the times of prayer ought to differ from other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7740]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said: that it was a Great delusion to think that the times of prayer ought to differ from other times; that we are as strictly obliged to adhere to God by action in the time of action, as by prayer in its season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is a good servant but a bad master. [Fr., L'argent est un bon serviteur, mais un mechant maitre." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is a good servant but a bad master. [Fr., L'argent est un bon serviteur, mais un mechant maitre."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took all the classes and the shots required by the Red Cross, and they flew us to Mississippi on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33697]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took all the classes and the shots required by the Red Cross, and they flew us to Mississippi on Nov. 21. I also volunteered for the Red Hat Society, because I'm a member of that group.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She (Eleanor Roosevelt) got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54102]]></link><description><![CDATA[She (Eleanor Roosevelt) got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54102</guid></item></channel></rss>