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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62442]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52468]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for it. [Ger., Wer dem Publicum dient, ist ein armes Thier;  Er qualt sich ab, niemand bedankt sich dafur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2347]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. - Selected Essays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. - Selected Essays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat,  To closer shades the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58269]]></link><description><![CDATA[But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat,  To closer shades the panting flocks remove;   Ye gods! and is there no relief for love?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was prepared to go to Norfolk when the phone call came. It changed my day. I just got on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32222]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was prepared to go to Norfolk when the phone call came. It changed my day. I just got on a different plane at the airport.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past orpresent are certain to miss the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past orpresent are certain to miss the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea was to show that if his privacy wasn't safe, none of ours were, and it clearly proved the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38658]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea was to show that if his privacy wasn't safe, none of ours were, and it clearly proved the point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19519]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is so rushed, they don't take time for the whimsical, the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is so rushed, they don't take time for the whimsical, the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a long event. This is only the beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28668]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a long event. This is only the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I had no work and all this time on my hands, I couldn't get a date. Now that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11107]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I had no work and all this time on my hands, I couldn't get a date. Now that I have women banging on my door, I have no time to answer it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time they realized that they are not doing something good for their brothers [in the South], it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29705]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time they realized that they are not doing something good for their brothers [in the South], it is too late, they have a job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44158]]></link><description><![CDATA[My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64263]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano,— A stage, where every man must play a part; And mine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55542]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano,— A stage, where every man must play a part; And mine a sad one. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48159]]></link><description><![CDATA[My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land to grow to manhood by loving his country--instead of dying for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are sitting on the next wave of technological innovation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31560]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are sitting on the next wave of technological innovation,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The resistance of a woman to a man’s advances is not always a sign of virtue. Sometimes it’s just a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The resistance of a woman to a man’s advances is not always a sign of virtue. Sometimes it’s just a sign of experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34971]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life . . . I feel it's pushing your luck to define how happy you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50428]]></link><description><![CDATA[All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63722]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears;  Are they wet   Even yet    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears;  Are they wet   Even yet    With the thought of other years?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the wisest counselor of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the wisest counselor of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs  My blood is liquid flame! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs  My blood is liquid flame!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64411]]></link><description><![CDATA[The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On my own, pretending he's beside me. All alone I walk with him 'til morning. Without him I feel his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12939]]></link><description><![CDATA[On my own, pretending he's beside me. All alone I walk with him 'til morning. Without him I feel his arms around me, and when I lose my way, I close my eyes and he has found me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52042]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a "safe" code of conduct - one that would earn everyone's approval. Your actions can always be condemned by someone - for being too bold or too apathetic, for being too conformist or too nonconformist, for being too liberal or too conservative.  So it's necessary to decide whose approval is important to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday. (atage 85). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday. (atage 85).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We felt that if we could do it at the right price, the cleaning robot would be embraced by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32068]]></link><description><![CDATA[We felt that if we could do it at the right price, the cleaning robot would be embraced by the masses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50877]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the right thing to do. It's not the right thing to risk to try to get in this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32964]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the right thing to do. It's not the right thing to risk to try to get in this country through these very dangerous areas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43120]]></link><description><![CDATA[All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ox and the FrogAn ox drinking at a pool trod on a brood of young frogs and crushed one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1581]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ox and the FrogAn ox drinking at a pool trod on a brood of young frogs and crushed one of them to death. The Mother coming up, and missing one of her sons, inquired of his brothers what had become of him. He is dead, dear Mother; for just now a very huge beast with four great feet came to the pool and crushed him to death with his cloven heel. The Frog, puffing herself out, inquired, if the beast was as big as that in size. Cease, Mother, to puff yourself out, said her son, and do not be angry; for you would, I assure you, sooner burst than successfully imitate the hugeness of that monster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dally not with mony or women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dally not with mony or women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every cock fights best on his own dunghill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49554]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not roommates, but we room next to each other and we know we've got to do this together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32253]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not roommates, but we room next to each other and we know we've got to do this together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32253</guid></item></channel></rss>