Every man who has seen the world knows that nothing is so useless as a general maxim. — Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild Copy Share Image
All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one's self. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Remember my unalterable maxim, "When we love, we always have something to say. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses. — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Nothing, except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct, is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
To sum up: it's time to rewrite the maxim that practice makes perfect. The truth is, practice makes myelin, and myelin makes… — Daniel Coyle Copy Share Image
The photograph is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb. Each of us mentally stocks hundreds of photographs, subject to instant… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Discipline our youth in early life in sound maxims of moral, political, and religious duties. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I can't make head or tail of Life. Love is a fine thing, Art is a fine thing, Nature is a fine… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
Nothing is accomplished all at once, and it is one of my great maxims, and one of the most completely verified, that… — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
The Bible is not merely a book-it is a living power. . . . Nowhere as in the Bible can be found… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I exhort you never to debase the moral currency or to lower the standard of rectitude, but to try others by the… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
As to giving credit to whom credit is due, rest assured the best way to do good to one's-self is to do… — Edward Forbes Copy Share Image
Right, we've got these institutions of media, these financial institutions, we have the means of distribution, we have the means of production,… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
The government being the people's business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would not like to live in the past because you don't get anesthetic when you go to the dentist. You don't… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
And Father said, “There are no happy endings.” “Right!” cried Iowa Bob – an odd mixture of exuberance and stoicism in his… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Sir Hiram Maxim is a genuine and typical example of the man of science, romantic, excitable, full of real but somewhat obvious… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
If you read many contemporary literary novels today, you may notice that regardless of the subject matter there's a 'sameness' about them,… — Suhayl Saadi Copy Share Image
Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines, but political… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
If we consider the manner in which those who assume the office of directing the conduct of others execute their undertaking, it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When the great religious and philosophical conceptions were alive, thinking people did not extol humility and brotherly love, justice and humanity because… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
