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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26665]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The information is used by conservation groups and other agencies to set priorities for funding and research. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The information is used by conservation groups and other agencies to set priorities for funding and research.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye sons of France, awake to glory! Hark! Hark! what myriads bid you rise!  Your children, wives, and grandsires ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye sons of France, awake to glory! Hark! Hark! what myriads bid you rise!  Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary,   Behold their tears and hear their cries!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27207]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. -Clare Booth Luce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54176]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no ordinary moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22355]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no ordinary moments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17226]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a couple of conversations (Monday) but there's nothing to report. At this point, I can't read the situation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35906]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a couple of conversations (Monday) but there's nothing to report. At this point, I can't read the situation at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence their importance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence their importance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A radical is one who speaks the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52928]]></link><description><![CDATA[A radical is one who speaks the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7943]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be no doubt about whether we love our neighbor or not. Be sure that, in proportion as you advance in fraternal charity, you are increasing your love of God, for His Majesty bears so tender an affection for us that I cannot doubt He will repay our love for others by augmenting, and in a thousand different ways, that which we bear for Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They hit the ball very well even though we played good defense. They got too many hits. I think we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31320]]></link><description><![CDATA[They hit the ball very well even though we played good defense. They got too many hits. I think we [also] hit the ball pretty well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life treads on life, and heart on heart; We press too close in church and mart  To keep a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life treads on life, and heart on heart; We press too close in church and mart  To keep a dream or grave apart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach but do not practice, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43089]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love dance. We want everybody, dancers and non-dancers alike, to have access to this beautiful art form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33310]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love dance. We want everybody, dancers and non-dancers alike, to have access to this beautiful art form.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that know one another salute a farre off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49966]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that know one another salute a farre off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independence now: and Independence forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Independence now: and Independence forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27367]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life does not accomodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life does not accomodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed desstroys its container or else there would be no fruition. -Florida Scott-Maxwell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27242]]></link><description><![CDATA[No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no way Maine?s working families can afford this rate hike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40279]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no way Maine?s working families can afford this rate hike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10955]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28479]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59088]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life,  Coincident, exhibit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48075]]></link><description><![CDATA[I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life,  Coincident, exhibit lucid proof   That he is honest in the sacred cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee, But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun  Thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee, But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun  Thou springest from bondage and leavest behind thee   A name which before thee no mortal hath won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Milke saies to wine, welcome friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not from the mass]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ROME (This abridged paraphrase of the Epistle to the Romans is continued from yesterday)  That concludes the present stage of my argument; but before I can proceed to final deductions, I must return to a difficulty already raised (Rom. 3:1-4). If there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, does all the great past of Israel go for nothing? Do all the promises of Scripture go for nothing? First, let me say how bitterly I regret the exclusion of the Jewish nation as a body from the new life. I would surrender all my Christian privileges if I could find a way to bring them in. But we must recognize facts; and the first fact is that the nation as a whole never was able to claim the promises; from the beginning, there was a process of selection. Of the sons of Abraham, Isaac alone was called; of the sons of Isaac, Jacob only. If we ask why, there is no answer save that God is bound by no natural or historical necessity, but intervenes according to His will. To question that will is as absurd as for the pot to arraign the potter. Then again, while some members of the Hebrew race have always fallen out, always God has declared His purpose ultimately to include others, not members of the Hebrew race--and that is just what is now happening. Now, as I said, I desire nothing more earnestly than that the whole nation should be saved. But the fact is that they have deliberately rejected the chance that was offered them. There is nothing remote or abstruse about the Christian message. It is a very simple thing: acknowledge Jesus as Lord, and believe that He is alive; that is all. And they cannot say that they have never heard the message, for Christ has His witnesses everywhere. It looks, then, as if God had rejected His people, as punishment for their obstinacy. I do not believe it. God's promises cannot go for nothing. In the first place, there has always been, and there still is, a faithful remnant of the Jewish people. And in the second place, as for the main body, their present rejection of the message is only a means in God's Providence for its extension to the Gentiles. The old olive-tree of Israel stands yet; many of its branches have been lopped off, and new branches of wild olive have been engrafted in their place. But God can engraft the lopped branches on again, if it be His will; and I believe it is His will, and that in the end the whole nation will return to Him and inherit the promises. And if the failure of Israel has meant such blessing to the world, how much greater blessing will its ultimate salvation bring! God's purpose, as I said at the beginning (Rom. 1:16), is universal: He has permitted the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike, to fall under sin, only in order that He may finally have mercy on the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike. How profound and unsearchable are His plans! (Rom. 9:1-11:36)  So now I can take up again my main argument. If this is the way of God's dealing with us, what ought to be our response? Can we do less than offer our entire selves to God as a sacrifice of thanksgiving? How will that work out? In a life lived as by members of one single body. Let each perform his part faithfully. Let love rule all your relations one to another, and to those outside, even to your enemies. Do not regard the Emperor as outside the scope of love, but obey his laws and pay his taxes. Yes, and pay all debts to every one. Love is, in fact, the one comprehensive debt of man to man. If you love your neighbour as yourself, you have fulfilled the whole moral law. But be in earnest about things, for the better day is already dawning. (Rom. 12:1-13:14)  I hear you have differences among yourselves about Sabbath-keeping and vegetarianism. Take this matter, then, as an example of what I mean by the application of brotherly love to all conduct. Remember that the Sabbatarian and the anti-Sabbatarian, the vegetarian and the meat-eater, are alike servants of one Master. Give each other credit for the best motives. Do not think of yourself alone; think of your Christian brother, and try to put yourself in his place. If he seems to you a weak-minded, over-scrupulous individual, remember that in any case he is your brother, and that Christ died for him as well as for you, and reverence his conscience. If through your example he should do an act which is harmless in you but sin to him, you have injured his conscience. Is it worth while so to imperil a soul for the sake of your liberty in such external matters? If the other man is weak-minded, and you strong-minded, all the more reason why you should help to bear his burden. Remember, Christ did not please Himself. In a word, Sabbatarian and anti-Sabbatarian, Jew and Gentile, treat one another as Christ has treated you, and God be with you. (Rom. 14:1-15:13)  Well, friends, I hardly think you needed this long exhortation from me. You are intelligent Christians, and well able to give one another good advice. Still, I thought I might venture to remind you of a few points ; for after all, I do feel a measure of responsibility for you, as missionary to the Gentiles. I have now accomplished my mission as far West as the Adriatic. Now I am going to Jerusalem to hand over the relief fund we have raised in Greece. After that I hope to start work in the West, and I propose to set out for Spain and take Rome on my way. Pray for me, that my errand to Jerusalem may be successful, so that I may be free to visit you. (Rom. 15:14-33)  I wish to introduce to you our friend Phoebe. She renders admirable service to our congregation at Cenchrea. Do all you can for her; she deserves it.  Kind regards to Priscilla and Aquila, Epaenetus, Mary, and all friends in Rome.   (P.S.--Beware of folk who make mischief. Be wise; be gentle; and all good be with you.)  Timothy, Lucius, Jason, Sosipater, and all friends at Corinth send kind regards. (So do I--Tertius, amanuensis!)  Glory be to God!  With all good wishes,  Your brother,  PAUL, Missionary of Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I will trace the footsteps of the chief events. [Lat., Sed summa sequar fastigia rerum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16417]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I will trace the footsteps of the chief events. [Lat., Sed summa sequar fastigia rerum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When found, make a note of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23340]]></link><description><![CDATA[When found, make a note of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63268]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you say no, you could be jailed for two years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36673]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you say no, you could be jailed for two years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not think the Delphi bankruptcy should be viewed as an example of the eventual fate of all of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39178]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not think the Delphi bankruptcy should be viewed as an example of the eventual fate of all of the auto suppliers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I doubt we'll ever call a game again with this stuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35597]]></link><description><![CDATA[I doubt we'll ever call a game again with this stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22565]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15613]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy shoes shall be of iron and brass: and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy shoes shall be of iron and brass: and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I conjure you, my brethren, to remain faithful to earth, and do not believe those who speak unto you of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13136]]></link><description><![CDATA[I conjure you, my brethren, to remain faithful to earth, and do not believe those who speak unto you of superterrestrial hopes! Poisoners they are, whether they know it or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13136</guid></item></channel></rss>