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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man dies - Not every man really lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man dies - Not every man really lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind. [Lat., Medicus nihil aliud est quam animi consolatio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26704]]></link><description><![CDATA[A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind. [Lat., Medicus nihil aliud est quam animi consolatio.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51157]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45973]]></link><description><![CDATA[One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65673]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is best to know the worst at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50875]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is best to know the worst at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except thou "love him above father, mother, or thy own life." This kind of despair is one of the first steps to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have art in order not to die of the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63656]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have art in order not to die of the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64837]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13953]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61261]]></link><description><![CDATA[The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never before have so many been taken for so much and left with so little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never before have so many been taken for so much and left with so little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think it has been a little bit of a slow and rough start, but people are beginning to read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40903]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think it has been a little bit of a slow and rough start, but people are beginning to read and see the benefits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People don't understand I felt I had accomplished all I wanted as a player in football. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41330]]></link><description><![CDATA[People don't understand I felt I had accomplished all I wanted as a player in football.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10029]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63566]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved. [Lat., Felix se nescit amari.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48488]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved. [Lat., Felix se nescit amari.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And ye sall walk in silk attire, And siller hae to spare,  Gin ye'll consent to be his bride, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4898]]></link><description><![CDATA[And ye sall walk in silk attire, And siller hae to spare,  Gin ye'll consent to be his bride,   Nor think o'Donald mair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By my penny of observation. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55483]]></link><description><![CDATA[By my penny of observation. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His breast with wounds unnumber'd riven, His back to earth, his face to heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57142]]></link><description><![CDATA[His breast with wounds unnumber'd riven, His back to earth, his face to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come to me now! O, come! benignest sleep! And fold me up, as evening doth a flower,  From my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come to me now! O, come! benignest sleep! And fold me up, as evening doth a flower,  From my vain self, and vain things which have power   Upon my soul to make me smile or weep.    And when thou comest, oh, like Death be deep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44045]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27676]]></link><description><![CDATA[In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon --but we went right on. Look at Harpo Marx --the world went around, it didn't stop for a second. It's sad but true. John Kennedy, right?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be anxious to crush the very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60773]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be anxious to crush the very flower of dignity. [Lat., Est haec saeculi labes quaedam et macula virtuti invidere, velle ipsum florem dignitatis infringere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But genius must be born, and never can be taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17309]]></link><description><![CDATA[But genius must be born, and never can be taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4302]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach Mac (Tim MacDonald) told us last week that the defensive line should be the leading tacklers this week and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coach Mac (Tim MacDonald) told us last week that the defensive line should be the leading tacklers this week and we took that to heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Nokia did in the end was to bypass RIM and go straight to NTP. It's really unfortunate for RIM ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30415]]></link><description><![CDATA[What Nokia did in the end was to bypass RIM and go straight to NTP. It's really unfortunate for RIM to still be dealing with the same issues, which haven't been resolved. It's definitely adversely impacting their business model.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44397]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please continue to be my friend, as you will always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is never final and failure never fatal. It's courage thatcounts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is never final and failure never fatal. It's courage thatcounts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...originality consists of the achievement of new combinations, and not of the creation of something out of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52008]]></link><description><![CDATA[...originality consists of the achievement of new combinations, and not of the creation of something out of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20596]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact their escape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern jazz: Variations on a non-existent theme ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern jazz: Variations on a non-existent theme]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48644]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1080]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1080</guid></item></channel></rss>