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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Ability is a poor man's wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability is a poor man's wealth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is awesome.ÃƒÂƒÃ¢Â€Âš Everybody gets excited about this.ÃƒÂƒÃ¢Â€Âš It makes digging in all that mud worthwhile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37011]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is awesome.ÃƒÂƒÃ¢Â€Âš Everybody gets excited about this.ÃƒÂƒÃ¢Â€Âš It makes digging in all that mud worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and hide them in a hole, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23116]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and hide them in a hole, which a cat observing, asked, "Why he would hoard up those round shining things that he could make no use of?" "Why," said the jackdaw, "my master has a whole chestfull, and makes no more use of them that I do."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Clinton Administration has seemed to put more concern on scoring political points than advancing serious reform. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38992]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Clinton Administration has seemed to put more concern on scoring political points than advancing serious reform.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not just about the film industry: whether you're talking about the pharmaceutical industry, the information technology industry or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32680]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not just about the film industry: whether you're talking about the pharmaceutical industry, the information technology industry or filmed entertainment, the protection of intellectual property is crucial. If we can't build businesses around ideas, and feel comfortable that we have the right to those ideas, then our entire business is threatened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lion, the Mouse, and the FoxA lion, fatigued by the heat of a summer's day, fell fast asleep in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1560]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lion, the Mouse, and the FoxA lion, fatigued by the heat of a summer's day, fell fast asleep in his den. A Mouse ran over his mane and ears and woke him from his slumbers. He rose up and shook himself in great wrath, and searched every corner of his den to find the Mouse. A Fox seeing him said: A fine Lion you are, to be frightened of a Mouse. 'Tis not the Mouse I fear, said the Lion; I resent his familiarity and ill-breeding. Little liberties are great offenses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wrote a letter to my dad, I was going to write 'I really enjoyed being here', but I accidentally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24635]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wrote a letter to my dad, I was going to write 'I really enjoyed being here', but I accidentally wrote 'rarely' instead of 'really'. But I wanted to use it, I didn't want to cross it out, so I wrote 'I rarely drive steamboats, Dad. There's a lot of sh*t you don't know about me. Quit trying to act like I'm a steamboat operator.' I know this letter took a harsh turn right away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From hence, no question, has sprung an observation . . . confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48452]]></link><description><![CDATA[From hence, no question, has sprung an observation . . . confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long experienced souls in the world, before their dislodging, arrive to the height of prophetic spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53280]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57688]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I run him over, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29483]]></link><description><![CDATA[I run him over,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Markets that don't work we're going to step away from, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Markets that don't work we're going to step away from,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity is the body and soul of wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity is the body and soul of wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50015]]></link><description><![CDATA[To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citations are important and citations have their place, especially when people don't want to clean up their property. The officers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Citations are important and citations have their place, especially when people don't want to clean up their property. The officers have no problem writing citations but ... you have to be careful not to take a snapshot two-second look at a property.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees,  Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10979]]></link><description><![CDATA[A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees,  Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better your room than your company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better your room than your company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew we were missing some tackles. This means we're going to make sure we send more people to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35240]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew we were missing some tackles. This means we're going to make sure we send more people to the ball. That's what we'll need this week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not a young club, but we've only got a couple seniors. We're really kind of a junior-dominated club right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36122]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not a young club, but we've only got a couple seniors. We're really kind of a junior-dominated club right now, so we've got a chance to be pretty good this year, but I think next year might really be our year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am I good? I think so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Am I good? I think so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24574]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you shouldbe-because sooner or later, if you're posing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you shouldbe-because sooner or later, if you're posing, you will forget the pose andthen where are you?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the mercy of God is so great that He can instruct us, to our salvation, even when He hides ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7544]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the mercy of God is so great that He can instruct us, to our salvation, even when He hides Himself, what a brilliance of light we must expect when He reveals Himself!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so,  Having a thousand tongues t' allure him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45571]]></link><description><![CDATA[But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so,  Having a thousand tongues t' allure him   And but one to bid him go.    When lips invite,     And eyes delight,      And cheeks as fresh as rose in June,       Persuade delay,--        What boots to say         Forego me now, come to me soon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48271]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. [Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. [Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son habilete.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Rock of Israel, Rock of Salvation, Rock struck and cleft for me, let those two streams of blood and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17688]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Rock of Israel, Rock of Salvation, Rock struck and cleft for me, let those two streams of blood and water which once gushed out of thy side . . . bring down with them salvation and holiness into my soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/229]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He always wanted to beat up on the bigger kids; even when he was small, he'd always tag along. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40585]]></link><description><![CDATA[He always wanted to beat up on the bigger kids; even when he was small, he'd always tag along. When he got to 8 or 9 years old, he was a heck of a basketball player, baseball player. He had drive. He just liked to win. That's his motivation, to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66023]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of his own writings before his death, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52522]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of his own writings before his death, to be but an untimely anticipation of that which is proper to follow a man, and not to go along with him.   - Francis Bacon,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight -- And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22561]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight -- And yet no man would foolishly contend. That where he sees it not, it makes an end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52133]]></link><description><![CDATA[The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49548]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7994]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God -- ah, then things must be critical indeed!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,  So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51486]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,  So honour peereth in the meanest habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397   Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397   Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship -- and not as ends in themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're kids, but we still want our voices heard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38015]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're kids, but we still want our voices heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A worthless woman! mere cold clay As all false things are! but so fair,  She takes the breath of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61936]]></link><description><![CDATA[A worthless woman! mere cold clay As all false things are! but so fair,  She takes the breath of men away   Who gaze upon her unaware:    I would not play her larcenous tricks     To have her looks!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61936</guid></item></channel></rss>