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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61263]]></link><description><![CDATA[The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time we try to move a piece of furniture, it just falls apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time we try to move a piece of furniture, it just falls apart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.-. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.-.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19600]]></link><description><![CDATA[I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's this huge number of desperate people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40881]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's this huge number of desperate people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her silver voice Is the rich music of a summer bird,  Heard in the still night, with its passionate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her silver voice Is the rich music of a summer bird,  Heard in the still night, with its passionate cadence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37234]]></link><description><![CDATA[One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/620]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64189]]></link><description><![CDATA[In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch sand. [Go not out of your depth.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch sand. [Go not out of your depth.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a great team effort. We really played smart and guys stepped up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41044]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a great team effort. We really played smart and guys stepped up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When an area is disturbed, it upsets the natural balance and creates an ecological open space that gives non-natives a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28174]]></link><description><![CDATA[When an area is disturbed, it upsets the natural balance and creates an ecological open space that gives non-natives a foothold, ... Another thing is that Florida is not very species-diverse, so there are more options for invasion because there aren't many native species.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunt had two key plays on which they excelled. We had a bunch of opportunities, but we didn't excel. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunt had two key plays on which they excelled. We had a bunch of opportunities, but we didn't excel. But each week, we're going to get better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The science is in. The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound that man has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17522]]></link><description><![CDATA[The science is in. The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound that man has created through global warming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toil for the brave! The brave that are no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Toil for the brave! The brave that are no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You were constantly, Matho, a guest at my villa at Tivoli. Now you buy it--I have deceived you; I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14071]]></link><description><![CDATA[You were constantly, Matho, a guest at my villa at Tivoli. Now you buy it--I have deceived you; I have merely sold you what was already your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a small boy growing up in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57689]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a small boy growing up in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of a summer afternoon on a riverbank we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major-league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even [Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani] does not want a quote-unquote Islamic State, ... He wants a state that respects the place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even [Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani] does not want a quote-unquote Islamic State, ... He wants a state that respects the place of Islam in public life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My plan of building from the back continues. I'm very happy that, in Josh, we'll have one of the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31532]]></link><description><![CDATA[My plan of building from the back continues. I'm very happy that, in Josh, we'll have one of the best goalkeepers in the league returning to our team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22264]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was flying. I was pulling away from Frank like he was standing still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was flying. I was pulling away from Frank like he was standing still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think doing everything just right is not as important a message these days. It's not as salient a message ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28981]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think doing everything just right is not as important a message these days. It's not as salient a message as doing everything with style and panache.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A compliment is like a kiss through a veil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2219]]></link><description><![CDATA[A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens in Iowa makes more difference than it ever has before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40346]]></link><description><![CDATA[What happens in Iowa makes more difference than it ever has before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61850]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63843]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9753]]></link><description><![CDATA[If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41178]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12230]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10015]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, my friends, I go (always other things being equal) for the man that inherits family traditions and the cumulative ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2492]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, my friends, I go (always other things being equal) for the man that inherits family traditions and the cumulative humanities of at least four or five generations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of God in peoples' lives allows a little outside organization in their lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32693]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of God in peoples' lives allows a little outside organization in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jamie: It's my favorite time of day, driving you. Aurelia: [in Portuguese] It is the saddest part of my day, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jamie: It's my favorite time of day, driving you. Aurelia: [in Portuguese] It is the saddest part of my day, leaving you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want them to be cutting each other's throats for the lead or something will come from behind and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33207]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want them to be cutting each other's throats for the lead or something will come from behind and beat them both,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56940]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games to which it is most attached is called, ''Keep tomorrow dark,'' and which is also named (by the rustics in Shropshire, I have no doubt) ''Cheat the Prophet.'' The players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have to say about what is to happen in the next generation. The players then wait until all the clever men are dead, and bury them nicely. Then they go and do something else. That is all. For a race of simple tastes, however, it is great fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do want your big guns for the play-offs. We'll just have to knuckle down and work as a unit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32588]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do want your big guns for the play-offs. We'll just have to knuckle down and work as a unit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32588</guid></item></channel></rss>