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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted. [Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. -Aristotle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. -Aristotle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46473]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have a serious violation at four polling stations, that is not many voters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34836]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have a serious violation at four polling stations, that is not many voters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that envy others are their inferiors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14049]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that envy others are their inferiors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53054]]></link><description><![CDATA[In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may delay, but time will not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48299]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may delay, but time will not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was good to see Tara and Anya step up and close that out, because it could have gone either ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38647]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was good to see Tara and Anya step up and close that out, because it could have gone either way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've known for a very long time that I was being downloaded more than Cindy Margolis. I got fed up, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32618]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've known for a very long time that I was being downloaded more than Cindy Margolis. I got fed up, and I finally had time to pursue it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pink is the color of romance and a friend tells me that the girl with the pink dress at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pink is the color of romance and a friend tells me that the girl with the pink dress at the party is the one who is selected for each dance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who journeying Along a way he knows not, having crossed  A place of drear extent, before him sees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59620]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who journeying Along a way he knows not, having crossed  A place of drear extent, before him sees   A river rushing swiftly toward the deep,    And all its tossing current white with foam,     And stops and turns, and measures back his way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust in the Lord with all you do and you will be prosperous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust in the Lord with all you do and you will be prosperous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got a very big guy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34267]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got a very big guy,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12062]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own influences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1375]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing. -Seng-Ts'an. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12242]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing. -Seng-Ts'an.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I try to be a good parent. I've probably repressed my kids more than I should have, protecting them overly. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32629]]></link><description><![CDATA[I try to be a good parent. I've probably repressed my kids more than I should have, protecting them overly. I never hit them. I yelled a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carpe per diem - seize the check. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carpe per diem - seize the check.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5700]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63878]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think that day lost whose (low) descending sun Views from thy hand no noble action done.  [Lat., Virtus sui ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think that day lost whose (low) descending sun Views from thy hand no noble action done.  [Lat., Virtus sui gloria.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't see this development as a government crisis. We will continue the negotiations ... this development will not influence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see this development as a government crisis. We will continue the negotiations ... this development will not influence the process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29764]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64968]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unix is computer-scientology, not computer science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unix is computer-scientology, not computer science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20966]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only two great groups of animals, men and ants, indulge in highly organized mass warfare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only two great groups of animals, men and ants, indulge in highly organized mass warfare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16014]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After your death you will be what you were before your birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4255]]></link><description><![CDATA[After your death you will be what you were before your birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fall season is going to be interesting to examine how strong the shift will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fall season is going to be interesting to examine how strong the shift will be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46234]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though it looked like an easy game, he went deep into the count on a lot of hitters. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though it looked like an easy game, he went deep into the count on a lot of hitters. But he threw a strike when he had to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are left without education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albrecht's Law - Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Albrecht's Law - Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50282]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66607]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor ; spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65130</guid></item></channel></rss>