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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You always succeed in producing a result. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21402]]></link><description><![CDATA[You always succeed in producing a result.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a tempest in a tumbler of water. [Fr., C'est une tempete dans un verre d'eau.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57900]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a tempest in a tumbler of water. [Fr., C'est une tempete dans un verre d'eau.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A satellite has no conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9308]]></link><description><![CDATA[A satellite has no conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is mankind's greatest blessing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. . -Lin Yutang.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rose-red city half as old as Time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8762]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rose-red city half as old as Time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My only rivalry is with my brother. He plays a lot now. He's getting a lot better. But I still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40314]]></link><description><![CDATA[My only rivalry is with my brother. He plays a lot now. He's getting a lot better. But I still like to take care of business against him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our society is set up so that most women lose their identities when their husbands die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our society is set up so that most women lose their identities when their husbands die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49852]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just so happy for them. I just love both of those kids. They gave such a great effort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33301]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just so happy for them. I just love both of those kids. They gave such a great effort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given the friendly relations between Russia and Iran, I hope we will settle the crisis that has emerged recently together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given the friendly relations between Russia and Iran, I hope we will settle the crisis that has emerged recently together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37790]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has an ability to create characters that are so creepy and dysfunctional and human, with this duality that makes people feel empathy for them at the same time. My first thought was 'Was this sent to the right person?' I called my agent. 'Are they sure? Let's say yes before they realize they've sent it to the wrong person!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're Fired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23141]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're Fired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had so much press, and then they get bored... I think we've done well to keep going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34514]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had so much press, and then they get bored... I think we've done well to keep going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If anything prepares you to be president, it's being a Red Sox fan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4786]]></link><description><![CDATA[If anything prepares you to be president, it's being a Red Sox fan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like fragile ice anger passes away in time. [Lat., Ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like fragile ice anger passes away in time. [Lat., Ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their lips were four red roses on a stalk. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their lips were four red roses on a stalk. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64136]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss At lightest thrill from the bee's swinging chime,  Because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60134]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss At lightest thrill from the bee's swinging chime,  Because the one so near the other is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a daffadill I see, Hanging down his head t'wards me,  Guesse I may, what I must be:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10971]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a daffadill I see, Hanging down his head t'wards me,  Guesse I may, what I must be:   First, I shall decline my head;    Secondly, I shall be dead:     Lastly, safely buryed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just let enough water get into the ship and it will sink. Just so with the human mind. Let enough negative thoughts or improper thoughts get into the human mind and the person sinks just like a ship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand,  And round and round the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand,  And round and round the sand,   As far as eye could see    The rolling mist came down and hid the land:     And never home came she.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1698]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That inventory has increased, but they're also selling fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31233]]></link><description><![CDATA[That inventory has increased, but they're also selling fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52111]]></link><description><![CDATA[It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned monographs than by insights, broad impressions, and flashes of intuition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52111</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[It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41189]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If health insurance was working properly, the sicker you are, the more protection you would have. It seems to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34066]]></link><description><![CDATA[If health insurance was working properly, the sicker you are, the more protection you would have. It seems to be working backwards, the sicker you are, the more trouble you have paying bills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was probably not as sharp as he normally is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32143]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was probably not as sharp as he normally is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich Physician, honor'd Lawyers ride, Whilst the poor Scholar foots it by their side.  [Lat., Dat Galenus opes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich Physician, honor'd Lawyers ride, Whilst the poor Scholar foots it by their side.  [Lat., Dat Galenus opes, dat Justinianus honores,   Sed genus species cogitur ire pedes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She bears a duke's revenues on her back, And in her heart she scorns our poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48209]]></link><description><![CDATA[She bears a duke's revenues on her back, And in her heart she scorns our poverty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9306]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The majority of investors would like to keep the current tenant, and if someone wants to stay, we will try ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The majority of investors would like to keep the current tenant, and if someone wants to stay, we will try to match them up with an investor. The ones that really want to stay express an interest and come talk to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at no time can either side be permitted to walk away with the rope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the nobler growth our realms supply And souls are ripened in our northern sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the nobler growth our realms supply And souls are ripened in our northern sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All furnished, all in arms; All plum'd like estridges that with the wind  Bated like eagles having lately bathed; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26618]]></link><description><![CDATA[All furnished, all in arms; All plum'd like estridges that with the wind  Bated like eagles having lately bathed;   Glittering in golden coats like images;    As full of spirit as the month of May     And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer;      Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bart is a tremendously talented individual with an exceptional intellect, coupled with a strong work ethic and a healthy dollop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bart is a tremendously talented individual with an exceptional intellect, coupled with a strong work ethic and a healthy dollop of grounded common sense. He brings another well-needed executive dimension to our management team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finite to fail, but infinite to venture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4484</guid></item></channel></rss>