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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to leave them. They cost about $75 apiece. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34482]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to leave them. They cost about $75 apiece.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64436]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to end.  A candle burned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61722]]></link><description><![CDATA[It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to end.  A candle burned on the table;   A candle burned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are going to set up a committee of three members from the Land and Development Committee and three from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39702]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are going to set up a committee of three members from the Land and Development Committee and three from the speedway to sit down to try to work out some of the issues. That's where we're at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19523]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great recipe for success is to work, and always work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/929]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great recipe for success is to work, and always work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/98]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/98</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great, great relaxant at the end of the day to come in and get my aggression out and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29157]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great, great relaxant at the end of the day to come in and get my aggression out and leave it here. It feels great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226   Where there is fear of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226   Where there is fear of God to keep the house, the enemy can find no way to enter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to play less physical and knock the ball around more than we were before playing Arapahoe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to play less physical and knock the ball around more than we were before playing Arapahoe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to a person's nature by discovering the reasons for his or her imperviousness to certain impressions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On painting and fighting looke aloofe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49682]]></link><description><![CDATA[On painting and fighting looke aloofe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's like a third defenseman back there for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's like a third defenseman back there for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On any other night, giving up 41 points is not a bad defensive effort, but when you only score 33 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31958]]></link><description><![CDATA[On any other night, giving up 41 points is not a bad defensive effort, but when you only score 33 it's a moot point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought to be interposed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought to be interposed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's actually fairly critical that we have a definitive time frame, because as we move into the Christmas season, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38727]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's actually fairly critical that we have a definitive time frame, because as we move into the Christmas season, a number of hotels have reservations and bookings. It may become more challenging for us to find accommodations,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts enter every where without a wimble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts enter every where without a wimble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27141]]></link><description><![CDATA[As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without the potato, the balance of European power might never have tilted north. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without the potato, the balance of European power might never have tilted north.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saving is a fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saving is a fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was evening here, But upon earth the very noon of night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27451]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was evening here, But upon earth the very noon of night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. - The Labyrinth of Solitude, 1950.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were not ready to play. The matches we won, everybody contributed and the most we lost everybody contributed. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33816]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were not ready to play. The matches we won, everybody contributed and the most we lost everybody contributed. I believe by the end of the season we'll be a pretty good team. To finish in the top half at this tournament is a good sign.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the doubles of those whose way Was festal with fruits and flowers;  Body and brain we were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58129]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the doubles of those whose way Was festal with fruits and flowers;  Body and brain we were sound as they,   But the prizes were not ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates. [It., L'anima mia gustava di quel cibo, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2896]]></link><description><![CDATA[My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates. [It., L'anima mia gustava di quel cibo,  Che saziando di se, di se s'asseta.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the little one thinking about? Very wonderful things, no doubt;  Unwritten history!   Unfathomed mystery!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3636]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the little one thinking about? Very wonderful things, no doubt;  Unwritten history!   Unfathomed mystery!    Yet he laughs and cries, and eats and drinks,     And chuckles and crows, and nods and winks,      As if his head were as full of kinks       And curious riddles as any sphinx!   - Josiah Gilbert Holland (used pseudonym Timothy Titcomb),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a society without a heroic dimension? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19252]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a society without a heroic dimension?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  Every other creature in nature is simply itself, without this discord ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  Every other creature in nature is simply itself, without this discord which is our constant lot. That is why we can study everything else in nature much more surely than we can study ourselves. With ourselves, all we have to go on is an occasional glimpse of some small part of the truth, and we must be content with that, knowing that we are truly known by Him who alone knows us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all played together coming up. We all know each other, and it's a real good clubhouse. I'd like to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35263]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all played together coming up. We all know each other, and it's a real good clubhouse. I'd like to think that will translate to the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson still survives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson still survives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. In mylife, what I want and what I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21156]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. In mylife, what I want and what I need are exactly the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand drachmae. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand drachmae.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I were to become suddenly rich and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61410]]></link><description><![CDATA[You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I were to become suddenly rich and powerful. Who can determine what would be his future conduct? Tell me, if you were to become a lion, what sort of a lion would you be?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They may migrate in a direction, either up or down, depending on which bank becomes the lead on the consumer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35533]]></link><description><![CDATA[They may migrate in a direction, either up or down, depending on which bank becomes the lead on the consumer side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violet is a nun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60711]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violet is a nun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20660]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings. Idler or bungler, or both, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9088]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings. Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing To fork out his copper and pocket a shilling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63892]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a challenge to place a dollar value on the important work volunteers do for millions of charitable organizations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33560]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a challenge to place a dollar value on the important work volunteers do for millions of charitable organizations and communities across the country. But this number can help put into perspective the enormous contributions provided by our nation's volunteers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he would soon be out of thunderbolts. [Lat., Si quoties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56394]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he would soon be out of thunderbolts. [Lat., Si quoties homines peccant sua fulmina mittat  Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56394</guid></item></channel></rss>