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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65695]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be sure, nothing is more important to the integrity of the universities than a rigorously enforced divorce from war-oriented ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36272]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be sure, nothing is more important to the integrity of the universities than a rigorously enforced divorce from war-oriented research and all connected enterprises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort and remembered with nostalgia ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60306]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort and remembered with nostalgia]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless to be born  With nowhere yet to rest my head, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless to be born  With nowhere yet to rest my head,   Like these, on earth I wait forlorn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can play defense at that position, and he can score. He is a playground legend in Chicago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32632]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can play defense at that position, and he can score. He is a playground legend in Chicago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The learned man knows that he is ignorant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64677]]></link><description><![CDATA[The learned man knows that he is ignorant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22658]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good things, and the flowing fountain, which awaits the successful achievement or attainment of the desires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like a major sporting event you're competing in. You're prepared and you know you're the best you can be, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38468]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like a major sporting event you're competing in. You're prepared and you know you're the best you can be, but you never know until it's all played out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is thus that the few rare lucid well-disposed people who have had to struggle on the earth find themselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29547]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is thus that the few rare lucid well-disposed people who have had to struggle on the earth find themselves at certain hours of the day or night in the depth of certain authentic and waking nightmare states, surrounded by the formidable suction, the formidable oppression of a kind of civic magic which will soon be seen appearing openly in social behavior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, Chicago's a great town; what can I say? It has a lot of diversity. You can find so many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, Chicago's a great town; what can I say? It has a lot of diversity. You can find so many different kinds of people there. It breeds a certain self-confidence and a willingness to work hard for what you want. I don't know, maybe they put something in the water -- the river is green.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die. [It., Spesso e da forte,  Piu che ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die. [It., Spesso e da forte,  Piu che il morire, il vivere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65255]]></link><description><![CDATA[By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wilful man maun hae his way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51078]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wilful man maun hae his way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24341]]></link><description><![CDATA[A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We won. That is all that matters in tournaments. If you win by one you're happy and that's all you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34202]]></link><description><![CDATA[We won. That is all that matters in tournaments. If you win by one you're happy and that's all you can say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the essence of innumerable Biographies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19319]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/916]]></link><description><![CDATA[A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady  A recitative from Tancredi, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady  A recitative from Tancredi,   And something from "Palpiti!"    Sing forte when first you begin it,     Piano the very next minute,      They'll cry "What expression there's in it!"       Don't sing English ballads to me!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The butcher in his killing clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The butcher in his killing clothes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is first in time has the prior right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50551]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is first in time has the prior right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20377]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him of being the Manchurian Candidate, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23295]]></link><description><![CDATA[I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him of being the Manchurian Candidate, that somehow the Vietnamese had brainwashed him. This is the most unbelievably callous, degrading, nonsensical piece of crap I've ever heard in my life, coming from some chicken hawk out there, to hurl at somebody who spent as long as he did being tortured and standing up for his country, and caring about it as much as he did. It's incredible that people would behave like that, absolutely stunning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think, oh, grateful think! How good the God of Harvest is to you;  Who pours abundance o'er your flowing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think, oh, grateful think! How good the God of Harvest is to you;  Who pours abundance o'er your flowing fields,   While those unhappy partners of you kind    Wide-hover round you, like the fowls of heaven,     And ask their humble dole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David went down in the second set, and the trainer came out and looked at him. I told him the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30269]]></link><description><![CDATA[David went down in the second set, and the trainer came out and looked at him. I told him the match wasn't worth getting hurt over. I think it was just pure guts on his part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes down to it, water, sewer, roads and rail is what you need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37364]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes down to it, water, sewer, roads and rail is what you need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly a quarter of all bottled water crosses national borders to reach consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearly a quarter of all bottled water crosses national borders to reach consumers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63078]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65508]]></link><description><![CDATA[We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think, in general, most people go to the pump and they see what the price is. They don't really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think, in general, most people go to the pump and they see what the price is. They don't really understand how much the weather really effects our energy consumption and our energy supply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60836]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present joys of life we doubly taste by looking back with pleasure on the past ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present joys of life we doubly taste by looking back with pleasure on the past]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38826]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for my brother and myself, some kind of business. He'd asked the owners of this course to call him if it ever came up for sale, and one day, they called. I had a scholarship offer to Ohio State and my dad said, 'Son, what do you want to do, cut grass or go to school?' I said, what do you want me to do, Dad? He said, 'Well, I can't afford any help.' I said, 'No problem, Dad, I'll help you cut grass.' Looking back, I think I made the right decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll be hurting if we don't get it done this year because people will go elsewhere to make more money ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36008]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll be hurting if we don't get it done this year because people will go elsewhere to make more money and have better benefits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39543]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which is absolutely banned, or slide towards illegality by its tacit acceptance that torture is sometimes OK.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We swear there will be an earthquake of retaliation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28618]]></link><description><![CDATA[We swear there will be an earthquake of retaliation,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a bum show has been saved by the flag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a bum show has been saved by the flag.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a no-brainer because my father played football, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38883]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a no-brainer because my father played football,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They tried to get me - I got them first!(suicide by drinking Lysol). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15222]]></link><description><![CDATA[They tried to get me - I got them first!(suicide by drinking Lysol).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46237]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2435]]></link><description><![CDATA[My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29546]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29546</guid></item></channel></rss>