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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The blessed London raid was a slap in the face of the arrogant, crusader British rulers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blessed London raid was a slap in the face of the arrogant, crusader British rulers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58919]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10149]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bradley says. ''That's the way science works. These guys in Washington seem to think it's some kind of conspiracy, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bradley says. ''That's the way science works. These guys in Washington seem to think it's some kind of conspiracy, that we start out with an agenda and then we conduct the science to prove that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanging and wiving go by destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hanging and wiving go by destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you can do, or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius,magic, and power in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you can do, or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius,magic, and power in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15778]]></link><description><![CDATA[This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little neglect may breed great mischief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44352]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little neglect may breed great mischief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46017]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15684]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4869]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22862]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Barnabas the Apostle  The disorder of secularism is perhaps nowhere more apparent in our contemporary Church than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Barnabas the Apostle  The disorder of secularism is perhaps nowhere more apparent in our contemporary Church than in the extent to which we have permitted the order of the world to creep into the order of the Church... That it should carry out its mission to the men in the middle classes of capitalist society is doubtless a part of the Church's order; but that the mission should result in the formation of a middle-class church which defends the secular outlook and interests of that class is an evident corruption.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not go down and sit in front of the computer and make myself write; that's not my style. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65365]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not go down and sit in front of the computer and make myself write; that's not my style.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  The Bible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  The Bible tells us very clearly that to "know" God is not an affair of the mind only, but an act in which our whole being -- heart, mind, and will -- is vitally engaged; so that sheer intellectual speculation would enable us to form certain ideas about God but never to know Him. To be grasped, God's will must be met with a readiness to obey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole;  But what were that intrinsic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole;  But what were that intrinsic virtue worth,   Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge,    Fresh from St. Andrew's College,     Should nail the conscious needle to the north?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the science of economics...exploded the fallacies of every brand of utopianism, it was outlawed and stigmatized as unscientific. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15729]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the science of economics...exploded the fallacies of every brand of utopianism, it was outlawed and stigmatized as unscientific.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lilly's current valuation still provides an attractive entry point. The stock trades at a modest 8% to 10% premium to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lilly's current valuation still provides an attractive entry point. The stock trades at a modest 8% to 10% premium to its peers against 2006 and 2007 earnings and at a discount against our 2008 to 2010 forecast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65169]]></link><description><![CDATA[First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of man, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of man, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in the heart, and that which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in the heart, and that which will certainly grow up to eternal life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14463]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness means quiet nerves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness means quiet nerves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform. -Susan B. Anthony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform. -Susan B. Anthony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While good rains in August and September have alleviated drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois, the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37827]]></link><description><![CDATA[While good rains in August and September have alleviated drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois, the most severely affected area in northern Illinois remains stubbornly dry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62496</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[While it may sound good initially, this has the potential to hurt businesses at a time when we should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29571]]></link><description><![CDATA[While it may sound good initially, this has the potential to hurt businesses at a time when we should be helping them. If this purchasing pool restricts access to certain retailers or undercuts prices, then the state is meddling in the free-market system.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597  Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597  Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were slanderers -- but they were, at least, far nearer to the nature of Christianity than those among the moderns who tell us that the Christians were a sort of ethical society, being martyred in a languid fashion for telling men they had a duty to their neighbours, and only mildly disliked because they were meek and mild!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when it is no longer worth keeping. If God were proud, He would hardly have us on such terms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michelle is, without a doubt, one of the best all-around basketball players in the state right now. She is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michelle is, without a doubt, one of the best all-around basketball players in the state right now. She is the complete package. Any coach would kill to have her on the team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the games end we shall see who gaines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49144]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the games end we shall see who gaines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really have a secret satisfaction in being considered rather mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27325]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really have a secret satisfaction in being considered rather mad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cry every chance I get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27832]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cry every chance I get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20886]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they come from]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21440]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the life of each family member so that this eternal principle will be ingrained in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19206]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64321</guid></item></channel></rss>