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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2860]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, so  Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56671]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, so  Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,   And smile, smile, smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fine words dresse ill deedes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fine words dresse ill deedes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's one of the things that the Marines and the Army feel they're lacking right now, particularly the Marines, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37209]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's one of the things that the Marines and the Army feel they're lacking right now, particularly the Marines, which have very few women in those roles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism's high-minded principles and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism's high-minded principles and preoccupations have ceased to function, but before they have been replaced with a totally new system of values. It represents a moment of suspension before the batteries are recharged for the new millennium, an acknowledgment that preceding the future is a strange and hybrid interregnum that might be called the last gasp of the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47612]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461  If we would put some slight stress on ourselves at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461  If we would put some slight stress on ourselves at the beginning, then afterwards we should be able to do all things with ease and joy. It is a hard thing to break through a habit, and a yet harder thing to go contrary to our own will. Yet, if thou overcome not slight and easy obstacles, how wilt thou overcome greater ones? Withstand thy will at the beginning, and unlearn an evil habit, lest it lead thee little by little into worse difficulties. Oh, if thou knewest what peace to thyself thy holy life should bring, ... and what joy to others, methinketh thou wouldst be more zealous for spiritual profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8997]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16363]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was fascinating for me to drive with Lies through the country roads. I also got to know Vienna again ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40644]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was fascinating for me to drive with Lies through the country roads. I also got to know Vienna again by driving through my home town by car.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57829]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur plagas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night of the Wolf, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night of the Wolf,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11339]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God may thunder His commands from Mount Sinai and men may fear, yet remain at heart exactly as they were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7703]]></link><description><![CDATA[God may thunder His commands from Mount Sinai and men may fear, yet remain at heart exactly as they were before. But let a man once see his God down in the arena as a Man, -- suffering, tempted, sweating, and agonized, finally dying a criminal's death - and he is a hard man indeed who is untouched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13163]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29691]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're no longer a doormat, and the guys want to be part of this resurgence. If we were not in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40234]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're no longer a doormat, and the guys want to be part of this resurgence. If we were not in the top 10 this year, we would be disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58662]]></link><description><![CDATA[have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us live for the beauty of our own reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2073]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15548]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44849]]></link><description><![CDATA[No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing's more dull and negligent Than an old, lazy government,  That knows no interest of state,   But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing's more dull and negligent Than an old, lazy government,  That knows no interest of state,   But such as serves a present strait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a wearer of new clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12969]]></link><description><![CDATA[I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a wearer of new clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before I can have any joy in being alone with God I must have learned not to fear being alone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before I can have any joy in being alone with God I must have learned not to fear being alone with myself. Shrinking from any deep self-scrutiny is by no means an uncommon thing, and often goes far to explain the feverish restlessness with which a world-loving heart plunges into perpetual rounds of gaieties and dissipations; they serve as an escape from troublesome questions about the soul, and help to get rid of the clamours of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that the Maoists will give high priority to civilians' security while waging war against the state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that the Maoists will give high priority to civilians' security while waging war against the state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43601]]></link><description><![CDATA[A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the parent of faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the parent of faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain. -Love's Labour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55471]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8987]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64524]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feed the musician, and he's out of tune ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feed the musician, and he's out of tune]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa l'aspetto  Il difetto, che il tronco nasconde   Per le fronde, dal frutto, o dal fior.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundation of justice is good faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23600]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundation of justice is good faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man has his fancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man has his fancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do proper homage to thine idol's eyes; But no too humbly, or she will despise  Thee and thy suit, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do proper homage to thine idol's eyes; But no too humbly, or she will despise  Thee and thy suit, though told in moving tropes:   Disguise even tenderness if thou art wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's true that a new threat against a member of the PP has appeared. We will reinforce all security measures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29321]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's true that a new threat against a member of the PP has appeared. We will reinforce all security measures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, herbaceous treat! 'Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat;  Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, herbaceous treat! 'Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat;  Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul,   And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl;    Serenely full the epicure would say,     "Fate cannot harm me,--I have dined to-day."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58919]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when a judge needs additional assistance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33476]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when a judge needs additional assistance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not a static thing. The only people who do notchange their minds are incompetents in asylums who can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not a static thing. The only people who do notchange their minds are incompetents in asylums who can't and those incemeteries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3070]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3070</guid></item></channel></rss>