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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had always loved beautiful and artistic things, though before leaving America I had had a very little chance of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27998]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had always loved beautiful and artistic things, though before leaving America I had had a very little chance of seeing any.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are decent 99 percent of the time, when we could easily be vile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11575]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are decent 99 percent of the time, when we could easily be vile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25177]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, the itch, and a cough cannot be hid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, the itch, and a cough cannot be hid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad;  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad;  But the gladness of their gladness, and the sadness of their sadness,   Are as nothing to their badness when they're bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom triumphs over chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom triumphs over chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been doing silly voices since I was a child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36257]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been doing silly voices since I was a child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life isn't simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. It'll get easier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. It'll get easier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Marshall Plan, to us, meant a general who had turned into a secretary of state, and that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35800]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Marshall Plan, to us, meant a general who had turned into a secretary of state, and that the secretary of state saw the necessity of the reconstruction of these European countries that had suffered so heavily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18757]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have literally stuck their hands into a hornets' nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39411]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have literally stuck their hands into a hornets' nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who are very, very concerned and are far more knowledgeable in this area than the authors appear to be. This is not the last word ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ definitely not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life [is] a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life [is] a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to cutting down those nets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29065]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to cutting down those nets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're paid by companies. Having said that, I think the Internet is the best thing that ever happened for consumer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37003]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're paid by companies. Having said that, I think the Internet is the best thing that ever happened for consumer affairs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt like Jesus being lifted up, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34318]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt like Jesus being lifted up,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43355]]></link><description><![CDATA[If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only little people pay taxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only little people pay taxes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45844]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Farmer and the SnakeOne winter a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Farmer and the SnakeOne winter a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound. Oh, cried the Farmer with his last breath, I am rightly served for pitying a scoundrel. The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53763]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of the people that says with its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more a man dreams, the less he believes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more a man dreams, the less he believes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Realism... has no more to do with reality than anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Realism... has no more to do with reality than anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the conceptions of authoritative examination, of unquestionable proof, of decisive judgment, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6666]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the conceptions of authoritative examination, of unquestionable proof, of decisive judgment, of punitive power. Whatever the final issue may be, he who "convicts" another must place the truth of the case in a clear light before him, so that it must be seen and acknowledged as truth. He who then rejects the conclusion which the exposition involves, rejects it with his eyes open and at his peril. Truth seen as truth carries with it condemnation to all who refuse to welcome it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain,  Nor force of reason, can persuade, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain,  Nor force of reason, can persuade,   Then let example be obey'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're always looking for a way to enhance service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33428]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're always looking for a way to enhance service.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have faith in the boys. The man upstairs blessed us. The boys have talent and it shows. They are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40568]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have faith in the boys. The man upstairs blessed us. The boys have talent and it shows. They are awesome players and good athletes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A savior of the silver-coasted isle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45820]]></link><description><![CDATA[A savior of the silver-coasted isle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60152]]></link><description><![CDATA[What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would like to die in a dignified manner, with my family all around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31345]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would like to die in a dignified manner, with my family all around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17270]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every dog has his day - but the nights are reserved for the cats ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every dog has his day - but the nights are reserved for the cats]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are confident that we can penetrate any enemy defenses with our missiles. We know that we are more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11827]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are confident that we can penetrate any enemy defenses with our missiles. We know that we are more than the equal of any nation in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is case after case on the books that have upheld the validity of flood exclusion language, exactly the language ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39195]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is case after case on the books that have upheld the validity of flood exclusion language, exactly the language Mr. Scruggs is contesting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideas are the root of creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideas are the root of creation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However different the holy causes people die for, they perhaps die basically for the same thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56859]]></link><description><![CDATA[However different the holy causes people die for, they perhaps die basically for the same thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attention to health is life greatest hindrance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56398]]></link><description><![CDATA[All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52274]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43469]]></link><description><![CDATA[A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43469</guid></item></channel></rss>