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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/474]]></link><description><![CDATA[To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have called for the boycott of the parliamentary elections because Lebanon is under Syrian control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42614]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have called for the boycott of the parliamentary elections because Lebanon is under Syrian control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Party is the madness of many, for the gains of a few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45596]]></link><description><![CDATA[Party is the madness of many, for the gains of a few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whistle, and she'll come to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whistle, and she'll come to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A scientist studies what is, an engineer studies what never was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13895]]></link><description><![CDATA[A scientist studies what is, an engineer studies what never was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With vollies of eternal babble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58605]]></link><description><![CDATA[With vollies of eternal babble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid and stable business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63554]]></link><description><![CDATA[The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid and stable business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11230]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that readeth good writers and pickes out their flowres for his own nose, is lyke a foole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46640]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that readeth good writers and pickes out their flowres for his own nose, is lyke a foole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12460]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you weren't shooting, you were rehearsing lines or a song or pre-recording a song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35106]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you weren't shooting, you were rehearsing lines or a song or pre-recording a song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15962]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them hate, so long as they fear. [Lat., Oderint, dum metuant.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them hate, so long as they fear. [Lat., Oderint, dum metuant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition is a guide and not a jailer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an evengreater one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an evengreater one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20582]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret wound still lives within the breast. [Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51847]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret wound still lives within the breast. [Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Me therefore studious of laborious ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Me therefore studious of laborious ease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to be frank and I think probably to the relief of many of you, I am withdrawing from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29847]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to be frank and I think probably to the relief of many of you, I am withdrawing from the speaking circuit. It has caught up with me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, we must not look to make ourselves happy, but instead, we must strive to love others and our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18721]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, we must not look to make ourselves happy, but instead, we must strive to love others and our own happiness will come of thier satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/922]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many old ‘philosophies’, and that from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24231]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many old ‘philosophies’, and that from them arise most of the old ‘philosophical’ fights and arguments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep levelwe can have or deserve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22600]]></link><description><![CDATA[We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep levelwe can have or deserve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll start ramping up (today) with full practice. But we're hosting the Big Sky tournament, so we're going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42653]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll start ramping up (today) with full practice. But we're hosting the Big Sky tournament, so we're going to be short practice time. It might put us at a disadvantage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20513]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22653]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think that diversity is important. Period, ... Diversity overall, whether (involving) various ethnicities, out-of-state students, international students, religions, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34447]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think that diversity is important. Period, ... Diversity overall, whether (involving) various ethnicities, out-of-state students, international students, religions, we know all of those students bring something unique to IU.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However important it may be to have a creed that is sound, or an emotion that is warm, the Christian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6180]]></link><description><![CDATA[However important it may be to have a creed that is sound, or an emotion that is warm, the Christian life according to the Gospels is primarily determined by the direction of the will, the fixing of the desire, the habit of obedience, the faculty of decision. If you are determined in your purpose, if you have the will to do the Will, then with half a creed and less than half a pious ecstasy, you are at least in the line of the purpose of Jesus Christ; and as you will to do His will, may come some day to know the teaching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mercy that was quick in us but late, By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.  You must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27348]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mercy that was quick in us but late, By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.  You must not dare for shame to talk of mercy;   For your own reasons turn into your bosoms    As dogs upon their masters, worrying you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a tragedy for the people of Nepal that full-scale armed conflict may now resume. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a tragedy for the people of Nepal that full-scale armed conflict may now resume.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  As the great test of medical practice is that it heals the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  As the great test of medical practice is that it heals the patient, so the great test of preaching is that it converts and builds up the hearers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43930]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/76]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/76</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All real programs contain errors until proved otherwise which is impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24355]]></link><description><![CDATA[All real programs contain errors until proved otherwise which is impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64029]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will you put in the stockingof the Baby Jesus?screenwriter of The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, LorettaYoung, and David's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17276]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will you put in the stockingof the Baby Jesus?screenwriter of The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, LorettaYoung, and David's Niven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumor doth double, like the voice and echo, The numbers of the feared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rumor doth double, like the voice and echo, The numbers of the feared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our kids showed a lot of heart and wrestled real hard all day. I don't think it was easy. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our kids showed a lot of heart and wrestled real hard all day. I don't think it was easy. The score doesn't reflect how hard these kids work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29613</guid></item></channel></rss>