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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[[The Log Cabin Republicans'] rhetoric is disingenuous, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31197]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The Log Cabin Republicans'] rhetoric is disingenuous,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the first time we've heard about this proposal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38203]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the first time we've heard about this proposal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!  I know whose love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43203]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!  I know whose love would follow me still,   Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/978]]></link><description><![CDATA[One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41119]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of European politicians. In the last decade, however, that contact with the American ally can result in at least as many headaches as it does advantages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. [Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse servandam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. [Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse servandam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27005]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10955]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surfing is not an organized sport, but it does have rules. The surfer closest to the curl has the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surfing is not an organized sport, but it does have rules. The surfer closest to the curl has the right of way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!" [Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34749]]></link><description><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!" [Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you", quoted in Saturday Review, April 5, 1958]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52455]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor and content is rich, and rich enough; But riches fineless is as poor as winter  To him that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor and content is rich, and rich enough; But riches fineless is as poor as winter  To him that ever fears he shall be poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is, as it were, a second self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16828]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is, as it were, a second self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got a living to make, to put it plainly; there's more money in shocking and terrifying than in edifying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got a living to make, to put it plainly; there's more money in shocking and terrifying than in edifying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9408]]></link><description><![CDATA[What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[do not want a peaceful settlement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29768]]></link><description><![CDATA[do not want a peaceful settlement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected spokesmen represent the Establishment, violence may be the only effective response.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1463]]></link><description><![CDATA[A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[no doubt the new wave [of attacks] in Palestine will soon wipe off this disgraceful blot from the face of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41319]]></link><description><![CDATA[no doubt the new wave [of attacks] in Palestine will soon wipe off this disgraceful blot from the face of the Islamic world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19545]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53006]]></link><description><![CDATA[The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage should be a duet-when one sings, the other claps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage should be a duet-when one sings, the other claps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail! Thou as victor crowned. [Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail! Thou as victor crowned. [Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22528]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You reach a point where you don't work for money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64820]]></link><description><![CDATA[You reach a point where you don't work for money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP strategists hope the revelation of Kerry's wealth might debunk his status as a, quote, man of the people, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17384]]></link><description><![CDATA[GOP strategists hope the revelation of Kerry's wealth might debunk his status as a, quote, man of the people, and reveal him to be a bit of a fat cat. Unlike the President who — as we all know — before attending Andover and Yale, was a Cockney matchstick girl dying of tuberculosis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was very cool. We thought it was part of the show. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40505]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was very cool. We thought it was part of the show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wife had been listening to the game on the radio back in Toronto, so you can imagine she was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37141]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wife had been listening to the game on the radio back in Toronto, so you can imagine she was pretty upset. I did get to talk to her in the ambulance, so that made things better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18020]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27870]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet grievest not; art angry, yet serene; changest Thy works, Thy purpose unchanged; receivest again what Thou findest, yet didst never lose; never in need, yet rejoicing in gains; never covetous, yet exacting usury. Thou receivest over and above, that Thou mayest owe; and who hath aught that is not Thine? Thou payest debts, owing nothing; remittest debts, losing nothing. And that have I now said, my God, my life, my holy joy? or what saith any man when he speaks of Thee? Yet woe to him that speaketh not, since mute are even the most eloquent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We probably dominated for 70 minutes out of 90 tonight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38426]]></link><description><![CDATA[We probably dominated for 70 minutes out of 90 tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5252]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not that important. I could die tomorrow and the world would go on. I don't want to separate myself from the rest of the world. If the world is not going too good, I'm part of that. I'll be happy to take the blame. I'm along for the ride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has begun to think places some portion of the world in jeopardy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has begun to think places some portion of the world in jeopardy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That kid came out of no where to make that play on the passed ball. I thought Taylor could score ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36303]]></link><description><![CDATA[That kid came out of no where to make that play on the passed ball. I thought Taylor could score on that. On the relay throw, they needed a perfect one to throw him out and they made the play. You have to force the other team to make that play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smell a rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smell a rat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow--so arbitrary are these transient laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow--so arbitrary are these transient laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't worry! It's not loaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't worry! It's not loaded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is a safe kind of high. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is a safe kind of high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61860</guid></item></channel></rss>