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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13487]]></link><description><![CDATA[The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home is where you feel at home and are treated well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'd hear the horn blow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29625]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'd hear the horn blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62379]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is weaker than death, and death is weaker than love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is weaker than death, and death is weaker than love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Man and His Two SweetheartsA middle aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Man and His Two SweetheartsA middle aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point, whenever her admirer visited her, to pull out some portion of his black hairs. The younger, on the contrary, not wishing to become the wife of an old man, was equally zealous in removing every gray hair she could find. Thus it came to pass that between them both he very soon found that he had not a hair left on his head. Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be, 'No.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the mostintelligent, but the one most responsive to change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21228]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the mostintelligent, but the one most responsive to change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flag of the free heart's hope and home! By angel hands to valour given,  Thy stars have lit the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flag of the free heart's hope and home! By angel hands to valour given,  Thy stars have lit the welkin dome;   And all thy hues were born in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man proposes, and God disposes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man proposes, and God disposes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buy the rumor and sell the fact ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buy the rumor and sell the fact]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a smale maketh a grate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a smale maketh a grate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The roof is completely gone and there are some floors that are collapsing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34393]]></link><description><![CDATA[The roof is completely gone and there are some floors that are collapsing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the moon's fair image quaketh In the raging waves of ocean,  Whilst she, in the vault of heaven, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43077]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the moon's fair image quaketh In the raging waves of ocean,  Whilst she, in the vault of heaven,   Moves with silent peaceful motion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Autumn is old; The sere leaves are flying;  He hath gather'd up gold,   And now he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3558]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Autumn is old; The sere leaves are flying;  He hath gather'd up gold,   And now he is dying;--    Old age, begin sighing!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When's it going to get real? When are there going to be two sides? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40965]]></link><description><![CDATA[When's it going to get real? When are there going to be two sides?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[said Adams. ''We're really going to miss Matt, but we're lucky we gained someone young like Neal who is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30160]]></link><description><![CDATA[said Adams. ''We're really going to miss Matt, but we're lucky we gained someone young like Neal who is a great teacher and person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That from small fires comes oft no small mishap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54049]]></link><description><![CDATA[That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will the highways on the Internet become more few? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will the highways on the Internet become more few?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstacy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstacy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed. -I. Krishnamurti.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they hope these walls of books will deaden the drumming of the demon in their ears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27324]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can’t watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor’s tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32737]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38662]]></link><description><![CDATA[All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60641]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47380]]></link><description><![CDATA[I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up and down! Up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown;  And amidst the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up and down! Up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown;  And amidst the flashing and feathery foam   The Stormy Petrel finds a home,--    A home, if such a place may be,     For her who lives on the wide, wide sea,      On the craggy ice, in the frozen air,       And only seeketh her rocky lair        To warm her young and to teach them spring         At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In jealousy there is more of self-love than love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23180]]></link><description><![CDATA[In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49887]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeksslaves and claims obedience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44723]]></link><description><![CDATA[God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeksslaves and claims obedience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All currency is neurotic currency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15826]]></link><description><![CDATA[All currency is neurotic currency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He liked those literary cooks Who skim the cream of others' books;  And ruin half an author's graces  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46649]]></link><description><![CDATA[He liked those literary cooks Who skim the cream of others' books;  And ruin half an author's graces   By plucking bon-mots from their places.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56297]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47152]]></link><description><![CDATA[All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our posters got pulled down too, so we decided the best way was with TV, radios and newspapers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our posters got pulled down too, so we decided the best way was with TV, radios and newspapers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man can eat fifty eggs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18312]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man can eat fifty eggs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23772]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have peace with God by the righteousness of Christ, and peace of conscience by the fruits of righteousness in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6554]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have peace with God by the righteousness of Christ, and peace of conscience by the fruits of righteousness in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet letters of the angel tongue, I've loved ye long and well,  And never have failed in your fragrance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet letters of the angel tongue, I've loved ye long and well,  And never have failed in your fragrance sweet   To find some secret spell,--    A charm that has bound me with witching power,     For mine is the old belief,      That midst your sweets and midst your bloom,       There's a soul in every leaf!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16240</guid></item></channel></rss>