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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62401]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to keep them (soldiers) busy, especially when they are healing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41546]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to keep them (soldiers) busy, especially when they are healing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the end of my days. Even although I now happen to be tried by one, whose opinion I hold in high esteem, I detest most violently the set-up that surrounds me here. It makes me feel that I am a Black man in a White man's court. This should not be I should feel perfectly at ease and at home with the assurance that I am being tried by a fellow South African, who does not regard me as an inferior, entitled to a special type of justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2157]]></link><description><![CDATA[In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49016]]></link><description><![CDATA[A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37199]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven cities warr'd for Homer being dead, Who living had no roofe to shroud his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seven cities warr'd for Homer being dead, Who living had no roofe to shroud his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5095]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I made the wrong turn, especially on the second one. They were hard hit balls, but I'm not going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30329]]></link><description><![CDATA[I made the wrong turn, especially on the second one. They were hard hit balls, but I'm not going to make excuses. I screwed up, and probably cost the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of the atom is talking moonshine ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of the atom is talking moonshine]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is the indignation about the fact that the United States and Soviet Union have accumulated thirty thousand pounds of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where is the indignation about the fact that the United States and Soviet Union have accumulated thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22650]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44867]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12041]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24535]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had that nameless charm, with a strong magnetism, which can only be called "It.'' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5778]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had that nameless charm, with a strong magnetism, which can only be called "It.'']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29766]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are very mobile if they don't like it. We've put them 30 miles away, and, eventually, they are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30419]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are very mobile if they don't like it. We've put them 30 miles away, and, eventually, they are in a farm that doesn't want them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is wiser than the wisest critic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52475]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is wiser than the wisest critic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So that the jest is clearly to be seen, Not in the words--but in the gap between;  Manner is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3528]]></link><description><![CDATA[So that the jest is clearly to be seen, Not in the words--but in the gap between;  Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,   The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round,  I keep smooth plats of fruitful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4286]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round,  I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground,   Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel For each man's good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45066]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel For each man's good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow | a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But men are men; the best sometimes forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51438]]></link><description><![CDATA[But men are men; the best sometimes forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was excited to see that we finally got in double digits in runs. It's been a cold spring for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31315]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was excited to see that we finally got in double digits in runs. It's been a cold spring for us with the bats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't see in the market any real driving forces. People aren't too excited one way or another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30761]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see in the market any real driving forces. People aren't too excited one way or another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15431]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true vision. There was meaning in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1610]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true vision. There was meaning in the world, yes, and laws, and inevitability, but they had only to do with the aesthetic and in this Savage Garden, these innocent ones belonged in the vampire's arms. A thousand other things can be said about the world, but only aesthetic principles can be verified, and these things alone remain the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17481]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20311]]></link><description><![CDATA[To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to think there was light at the end of the tunnel, but for me today the light is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/591]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to think there was light at the end of the tunnel, but for me today the light is on a locomotive headed right for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to have the old school and new school combined in this location. Some might want to come here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42444]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to have the old school and new school combined in this location. Some might want to come here for recreational needs, to listen to artists, listen to musicians. We're going to have that, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you walked into Netscape headquarters with a plain old modem from CompUSA they'd think it was a garage-door opener. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9378]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you walked into Netscape headquarters with a plain old modem from CompUSA they'd think it was a garage-door opener.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though "Bother it" I may Occasionally say,  I never never use a big, big, D. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though "Bother it" I may Occasionally say,  I never never use a big, big, D.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time  In misery.   [Lat., Nessun ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57244]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time  In misery.   [Lat., Nessun maggior dolore    Che ricordarsi del tempo felice     Nella miseria.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you put a dog on a chain, it's going to get aggressive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37264]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you put a dog on a chain, it's going to get aggressive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ugliness is a point of view: an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ugliness is a point of view: an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was kind of bare when we first came here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was kind of bare when we first came here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57935]]></link><description><![CDATA[And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's got his very own jacuzzi. He can go sit in the sun, or have a dip in the water, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39317]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's got his very own jacuzzi. He can go sit in the sun, or have a dip in the water, the same ritual as in the wild.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The child is father of the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6012]]></link><description><![CDATA[The child is father of the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud, the more glibly will it go down and the more greedily will it be swallowed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10626]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud, the more glibly will it go down and the more greedily will it be swallowed, since folly will always find faith wherever imposters will find impudence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50317</guid></item></channel></rss>