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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><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[My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14808]]></link><description><![CDATA[My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20516]]></link><description><![CDATA[To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14320]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4315]]></link><description><![CDATA[For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice--  The weakness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice--  The weakness and the wickedness of luxury--   The negligence--the apathy--the evils    Of sensual sloth--produces ten thousand tyrants,     Whose delegated cruelty surpasses      The worst acts of one energetic master,       However harsh and hard in his own bearing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are going to have a functioning and healthy democratic society, we need to be open to civil discourse. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35840]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are going to have a functioning and healthy democratic society, we need to be open to civil discourse. In other words, we have to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that serves well needes not ask his wages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49393]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that serves well needes not ask his wages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is simply the reification of the process of living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is simply the reification of the process of living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42628]]></link><description><![CDATA[I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53577]]></link><description><![CDATA[The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make decisions from the heart and use your head to make it work out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make decisions from the heart and use your head to make it work out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -Frank Zappa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -Frank Zappa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The other home run, that was a legit home run. I hung that ball, and he kind of crushed it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37633]]></link><description><![CDATA[The other home run, that was a legit home run. I hung that ball, and he kind of crushed it on me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've won a lot of games in a lot of different ways. Buzzer-beaters, last-second shots. We've had our chances, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32544]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've won a lot of games in a lot of different ways. Buzzer-beaters, last-second shots. We've had our chances, we just haven't been able to get over the hump the last few years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where wealth and freedom reign, contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where wealth and freedom reign, contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19655]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's a very, very important part of our program. She really has produced. She has more home runs now than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30021]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's a very, very important part of our program. She really has produced. She has more home runs now than in her whole career. She's using the whole field now, hitting home runs to right field and left field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62579]]></link><description><![CDATA[What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smyrna, Rhodes, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athens--these seven cities contend as to being the birthplace of the illustrious Homer. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smyrna, Rhodes, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athens--these seven cities contend as to being the birthplace of the illustrious Homer. [Lat., Smyrna, Rhodos, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athenae,  Hae septem certant de stirpe insignis Homeri.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387   What art Thou then, my God? What, but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387   What art Thou then, my God? What, but the Lord God? For who is Lord but the Lord? or who is God save our God? Most highest, most good, most potent, most omnipotent; most merciful, yet most just; most hidden, yet most present; most beautiful, yet most strong; stable, yet incomprehensible; unchangeable, yet all changing; never new, never old; all-renewing, and bringing age upon the Proud, and they know it not; ever working, ever at rest; still gathering, yet nothing lacking; supporting, filling, and over-spreading; creating, nourishing, and maturing; seeking, yet having all things. (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That men by reason will it calle may The daisie or elles the eye of day  The emperice, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10986]]></link><description><![CDATA[That men by reason will it calle may The daisie or elles the eye of day  The emperice, and floure of floures alle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16540]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money isn't everything… but it ranks right up there with oxygen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money isn't everything… but it ranks right up there with oxygen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody out there. Learn from this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody out there. Learn from this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/250]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got in here, there was a lot that needed to be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37444]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got in here, there was a lot that needed to be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43934]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're young, and I'm getting older every game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38344]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're young, and I'm getting older every game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16448]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62710]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When building a team, I first look for people who love towin, if I can't find any of those, then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22356]]></link><description><![CDATA[When building a team, I first look for people who love towin, if I can't find any of those, then I look for people who hate tolose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such pains, such pleasures now alike are o'er, And beaus and etiquette shall soon exist no more  At their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such pains, such pleasures now alike are o'er, And beaus and etiquette shall soon exist no more  At their speed behold advancing   Modern men and women dancing;    Step and dress alike express     Above, below from heel to toe,      Male and female awkwardness.       Without a hoop, without a ruffle,        One eternal jig and shuffle,         Where's the air and where's the gait?          Where's the feather in the hat?           Where the frizzed toupee? and where            Oh! where's the powder for the hair?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4178]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In men, we various ruling passions find; In women two almost divide the kind;  Those only fix'd, they first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45610]]></link><description><![CDATA[In men, we various ruling passions find; In women two almost divide the kind;  Those only fix'd, they first or last obey.   The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240  We get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are wrong so far and so long as we stand in any other position.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In doubtful matters boldness is everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51616]]></link><description><![CDATA[In doubtful matters boldness is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding in this great adventure in the world of Aids than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12492]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding in this great adventure in the world of Aids than I ever did in the cut-throat, competitive world in which I spent my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53715]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But now will canker sorrow eat my bud And chase the native beauty from his cheek,  And he will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26816]]></link><description><![CDATA[But now will canker sorrow eat my bud And chase the native beauty from his cheek,  And he will look as hollow as a ghost,   As dim and meagre as an ague's fit,    And so he'll die; and rising so again,     When I shall meet him in the court of heaven      I shall not know him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely one of the most visible lessons taught by the twentieth century has been the existence, not so much of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely one of the most visible lessons taught by the twentieth century has been the existence, not so much of a number of different realities, but of a number of different lenses with which to see the same reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42508</guid></item></channel></rss>