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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The society of women is the element of good manners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The society of women is the element of good manners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truly fearless think of themselves as normal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truly fearless think of themselves as normal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continued from yesterday:  The result of all this is that the Christian is a free man. It is here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continued from yesterday:  The result of all this is that the Christian is a free man. It is here to be observed that the term "freedom" is ambiguous in common usage. It is sometimes used to imply that a man can do just as he likes, undetermined by any external force. To this the determinist replies that as a matter of fact this freedom is so limited by the laws which condition man's empirical existence as to be illusory. The rejoinder from the advocates of free will is that no external force can determine a man's moral conduct (and with mere automatism we are not concerned), unless it is presented in consciousness, and that in being so presented it becomes a desire, a temptation, or a motive. In suffering himself to be determined by these, the man is not submitting to external control, but to something which he has already made a part of himself, for good or ill. When, however, we have said that, we are faced with a further problem. Not all that is desired is desirable, and in being moved by my immediate desire I may be balking myself of that ultimate satisfaction which is the real object of all effort. If that is so, then to "do as I like" may well be no freedom at all. There is a law of our being which forbids satisfaction to be found along that line, as it is written, "He gave them their desire, and sent leanness into their souls." (Ps. 106:15) (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64188]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well I just figure any man who risks his neck to save a dog's life isn't going to kill someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well I just figure any man who risks his neck to save a dog's life isn't going to kill someone for gold teeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark! that's the nightingale, Telling the self-same tale  Her song told when this ancient earth was young:   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark! that's the nightingale, Telling the self-same tale  Her song told when this ancient earth was young:   So echoes answered when her song was sung    In the first wooded vale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66215]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25290]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space  Start it at home, and hunt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25123]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space  Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark,   To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's Ark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the issue has to do with land, which is our land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29883]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17690]]></link><description><![CDATA[It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full of the reverberations of the awful, gracious, beautiful voice for which he listened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20426]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43256]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics, basically politics. Our strategy for production is that for every dollar we invest in China, we invest 80 cents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics, basically politics. Our strategy for production is that for every dollar we invest in China, we invest 80 cents to a dollar outside. We need to balance country risk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25111]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some books leave us free and some books make us free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some books leave us free and some books make us free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en in mid-harvest, while the jocund swain Pluck'd from the brittle stalk the golden grain,  Oft have I seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1970]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en in mid-harvest, while the jocund swain Pluck'd from the brittle stalk the golden grain,  Oft have I seen the war of winds contend,   And prone on earth th' infuriate storm descend,    Waste far and wide, and by the roots uptorn,     The heavy harvest sweep through ether borne,      As light straw and rapid stubble fly       In dark'ning whirlwinds round the wintry sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She swore, i' faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61990]]></link><description><![CDATA[She swore, i' faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the coming five years, there'll be activity in the luxury world and we'll be there, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30092]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the coming five years, there'll be activity in the luxury world and we'll be there,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64833]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45755]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man goes before his time / unless the boss leaves early. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4760]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man goes before his time / unless the boss leaves early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/862]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9503]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and none dare criticize it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blow, blow, thou winter wind! Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blow, blow, thou winter wind! Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dick has to be one of the greatest guys there is. If (the Bills) take him, I know they're going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dick has to be one of the greatest guys there is. If (the Bills) take him, I know they're going to get a real honest, hard-working, and sincere coach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay is the deadliest form of denial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay is the deadliest form of denial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2247]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52381]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most countries, major gaming companies are moving into position to participate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39805]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most countries, major gaming companies are moving into position to participate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are too many people in the world who are claiming they are defending the president without the family's knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28221]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are too many people in the world who are claiming they are defending the president without the family's knowledge and we don't know who authorized them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic, although Judas, Ananias, Pilate, or Herod were its author.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a tear in my eye because you know - I know how much he would have loved to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38516]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a tear in my eye because you know - I know how much he would have loved to have been here to see us get to the World Cup,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47906]]></link><description><![CDATA[The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64774]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O pilot! 'tis a fearful night, There's danger on the deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43987]]></link><description><![CDATA[O pilot! 'tis a fearful night, There's danger on the deep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["How does the Water Come down at Lodore?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61307]]></link><description><![CDATA["How does the Water Come down at Lodore?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next week will be extremely heavy for earnings news , ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next week will be extremely heavy for earnings news ,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And though it be a two-foot trout, 'Tis with a single hair pulled out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18577]]></link><description><![CDATA[And though it be a two-foot trout, 'Tis with a single hair pulled out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4462</guid></item></channel></rss>