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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be in the company, you not only have to be an incredible performer, but you have to be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35502]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be in the company, you not only have to be an incredible performer, but you have to be able to-and like to-teach kids.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26955]]></link><description><![CDATA[A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was one of most amazing games I've been involved with ... We just missed a couple opportunities to win ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33624]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was one of most amazing games I've been involved with ... We just missed a couple opportunities to win the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15129]]></link><description><![CDATA[If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let this be an example. Everybody out there, all those young people, learn from this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let this be an example. Everybody out there, all those young people, learn from this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy! Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;  Dreams cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy! Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;  Dreams cannot picture a world so fair--   Sorrow and death may not enter there;    Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,     For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb,      It is there, it is there, my child!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is half a prophet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13742]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is half a prophet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That name was a power to rally a nation in the hour of thick-thronging public disasters and calamities; that name ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61256]]></link><description><![CDATA[That name was a power to rally a nation in the hour of thick-thronging public disasters and calamities; that name shone amid the storm of war, a beacon light to cheer and guide the country's friends; it flamed too like a meteor to repel her foes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, lay thy head upon my breast, And I will kiss thee into rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, lay thy head upon my breast, And I will kiss thee into rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cost of health care is going up much faster than people's wages. Families are paying about (on average) $1,000 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34065]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cost of health care is going up much faster than people's wages. Families are paying about (on average) $1,000 more now just for health care premiums than they were five years ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just tough. You're better off swimming right now, than trying to play football. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32326]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just tough. You're better off swimming right now, than trying to play football.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death cometh soon or late;And how can man die betterThan facing fearful oddsFor the ashes of his fathersAnd the temples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death cometh soon or late;And how can man die betterThan facing fearful oddsFor the ashes of his fathersAnd the temples of his gods?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray, and let God worry ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray, and let God worry]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3970]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whither goest thou? [Lat., Quo vadis?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whither goest thou? [Lat., Quo vadis?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our illusions that create the world ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20468]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our illusions that create the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was 6 years old, I had a little fur coat, but that was it. That's the only time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31783]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was 6 years old, I had a little fur coat, but that was it. That's the only time I've ever had any in my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue. [Fr., On commence par etre dupe,  On finit par ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5526]]></link><description><![CDATA[We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue. [Fr., On commence par etre dupe,  On finit par etre fripon.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65042]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell, . . . .  And boldly venture to whatever place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell, . . . .  And boldly venture to whatever place   Farthest from pain?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a chance to get a joint document of principles tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28843]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a chance to get a joint document of principles tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm so surprised and happy to have won. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41385]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm so surprised and happy to have won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may blaspheme against the Son of Man and be forgiven; but the sin against the Spirit of Truth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8371]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may blaspheme against the Son of Man and be forgiven; but the sin against the Spirit of Truth -- what can God Himself do with or for the man who will not acknowledge the truth he knows, or follow the light he sees?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3983]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1795]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economists are pessimists: they've predicted 8 of the last 3 depressions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Economists are pessimists: they've predicted 8 of the last 3 depressions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom always says I could sing before I could talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42662]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom always says I could sing before I could talk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Pedro:) In faith, lady, you have a merry heart. (Beatrice:) Yea, my lord; I thank it, poor fool, it keeps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27424]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Pedro:) In faith, lady, you have a merry heart. (Beatrice:) Yea, my lord; I thank it, poor fool, it keeps on the windy side of care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are cruel, but Man is kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are cruel, but Man is kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4064]]></link><description><![CDATA[The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19032]]></link><description><![CDATA[For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You had good earnings out of Pfizer, good earnings out of Merrill Lynch , several dividend increases and eBay shares ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37901]]></link><description><![CDATA[You had good earnings out of Pfizer, good earnings out of Merrill Lynch , several dividend increases and eBay shares that have performed better than expected. It's creating a transitory early rally as it's still too early to say whether it will hold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11021]]></link><description><![CDATA[O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago;  The schoolmaster over the land is advancing,   Then why is the master of dancing so slow?    It is such a bore to be always caught tripping     In dull uniformity year after year;      Invent something new, and you'll set me a skipping:       I want a new figure to dance with my Dear!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discord, a sleepless hag who never dies, With Snipe-like nose, and Ferret-glowing eyes,  Lean sallow cheeks, long chin with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discord, a sleepless hag who never dies, With Snipe-like nose, and Ferret-glowing eyes,  Lean sallow cheeks, long chin with beard supplied,   Poor crackling joints, and wither'd parchment hide,    As if old Drums, worn out with martial din,     Had clubb'd their yellow Heads to form her Skin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47572]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power- God, history, fate, nation or humanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32548]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I know he does that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's flattering, but you start to wonder whether people that are becoming fans of all the bands that have taken ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32465]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's flattering, but you start to wonder whether people that are becoming fans of all the bands that have taken on that look know where it's coming from. I'm not saying we invented it -- we drew influence from the Damned and the Misfits -- but it wasn't very popular when we started doing it. It's strange, but if you start worrying about stuff like that, it becomes less about being a songwriter and more about trying to control what's going on in some kind of scene.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, no! The energy of life may be Kept on after the grave, but not begun;  And he who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20597]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, no! The energy of life may be Kept on after the grave, but not begun;  And he who flagg'd not in the earthly strife,   From strength to strength advancing--only he    His soul well-knit, and all his battles won,     Mounts, and that hardly, to eternal life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His demand Springs not from Edward's well-meant honest love,  Bur from deceit, bred by necessity;   For how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59971]]></link><description><![CDATA[His demand Springs not from Edward's well-meant honest love,  Bur from deceit, bred by necessity;   For how can tyrants safely govern home    Unless abroad they purchase great alliance?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25785]]></link><description><![CDATA[What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25785</guid></item></channel></rss>