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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be like everybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be like everybody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10939]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hire people who want to make the best things in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63979]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all labour there is profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48646]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all labour there is profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be firstovercome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be firstovercome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53349]]></link><description><![CDATA[My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, do not think I flatter. For what advancement may I hope from thee,  That no revenue hast but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, do not think I flatter. For what advancement may I hope from thee,  That no revenue hast but thy good spirits   To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered?    No, let the candied tongue like absurd pomp,     And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee      Where thrift may follow fawning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20263]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5976]]></link><description><![CDATA[It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours of parental time --but the truth is that we neglected you. We allowed you a charade of trivial freedoms in order to avoid making those impositions on you that are in the end both the training ground and proving ground for true independence. We pronounced you strong when you were still weak in order to avoid the struggles with you that would have fed your true strength. We proclaimed you sound when you were foolish in order to avoid taking part in the long, slow, slogging effort that is the only route to genuine maturity of mind and feeling. Thus, it was no small anomaly of your growing up that while you were the most indulged generation, you were also in many ways the most abandoned to your own meager devices by those into whose safe-keeping you had been given.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things orbidden have a secret charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things orbidden have a secret charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,  To the last syllable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51387]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,  To the last syllable of recorded time,   And all our yesterdays have lighted fools    The way to dusty death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11407]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing in God amounts to coming to terms with death. When you have accepted death, the problem of God will be solved--and not the reverse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sore throats are always worse than anyone's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37231]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those pigmy tribes of Panton street, Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,  Obedient to a tyrant's yoke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those pigmy tribes of Panton street, Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,  Obedient to a tyrant's yoke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1853]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57445]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41011]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and go to bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are but empty thanks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are but empty thanks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was on drugs and alcohol, and he threatened me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34046]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was on drugs and alcohol, and he threatened me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45979]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It is not enough to have truth planted in our minds. We must learn and labor to keep the ground clear of thorns and briars, follies and perversities, which have a wicked propensity to choke the word of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51947]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the May. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26625]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the May.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I accept reality and dare not question it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53082]]></link><description><![CDATA[I accept reality and dare not question it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow your own star! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow your own star!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but Jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but Jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we get rain, things could really perk up and look good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40172]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we get rain, things could really perk up and look good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62347]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill nothing but time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill nothing but time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In theory, it's great. But I'm concerned that repeatedly when we look around the most troubled school districts, there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37532]]></link><description><![CDATA[In theory, it's great. But I'm concerned that repeatedly when we look around the most troubled school districts, there is not a lot of choice being given to kids. The school districts drag their feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falseness often lurks beneath fair hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falseness often lurks beneath fair hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou said'st--O, it comes o'er my memory As doth the raven o'er the infected house,  Boding to all!--He had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou said'st--O, it comes o'er my memory As doth the raven o'er the infected house,  Boding to all!--He had my handkerchief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Brian can stay out of foul trouble, he's tough to defend in there. He has quick moves and does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28190]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Brian can stay out of foul trouble, he's tough to defend in there. He has quick moves and does a good job on the boards. He had a great game tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, it wasn't my fault. I didn't shoot the man. But he was a civilian, and I ask myself, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, it wasn't my fault. I didn't shoot the man. But he was a civilian, and I ask myself, 'What was his fault?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916  Whoever loves much, does much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916  Whoever loves much, does much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are lacking in faith, Others will be unfaithful to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21163]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are lacking in faith, Others will be unfaithful to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant, perfidious man.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant, perfidious man.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He shall find the rugged thistle bursting Into glossy purples, that outredden  All voluptuous garden roses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51697]]></link><description><![CDATA[He shall find the rugged thistle bursting Into glossy purples, that outredden  All voluptuous garden roses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5649]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639  One hundred ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639  One hundred worshipers meeting together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become "unity" conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the victors belong the spoils. (The spoils to the victors.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60580]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the victors belong the spoils. (The spoils to the victors.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[18 straight whiskies - I think that's a record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24150]]></link><description><![CDATA[18 straight whiskies - I think that's a record.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24150</guid></item></channel></rss>