“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Maxim 4: Close air support covereth a multitude of sins. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries” — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books. — Cardinal Richelieu Copy Share Image
A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
It is from our enemies that we often gain excellent maxims, and are frequently surprised into reason by their mistakes. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine, Whose weakness, married to thy stronger state, Makes me with thy strength to… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The cardinal maxim is, that any aid to a present bad Bank is the surest mode of preventing the establishment of a… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Maxims and aphorisms, let us remember that wisdom is the true salt of literature, and the books that are most nourishing are… — John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn Copy Share Image
Instead of a perpetual and perfect measure of the divine will, the fragments of the Koran were produced at the discretion of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Just like how most if not all poor boys look up to and aspire to someday be rich men, most if not… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A person who chooses to die or to risk death demonstrates that there are values, principles, maxims, that are more valuable to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought and striking… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle...… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I collect axioms, paradoxes, maxims, teaching stories, proverbs, and aphorisms of all sorts, because I love to see complex ideas distilled into… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to forget. — William James Copy Share Image
Search out the wisdom of nature, there is depth in all her doings; she seemeth prodigal of power, yet her rules are… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
“A seemingly simple task like taking a bath or wearing a condom feels like multitasking to someone who suffers from hemiplegia or… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“I get the most work done when I'm procrastinating. While avoiding an unpleasant task, I find several other tasks twice as unpleasant,… — Marcia K. Matthews Copy Share Image
Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The good old maxims of the Bible are applicable, and truly applicable to human affairs, and in this as in other things,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Christian obligation cannot be made to accord with a law of expediency. The Christian's maxims are, Do right because you are bound… — Francis Landey Patton Copy Share Image
“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
That the corruption of the best thing produces the worst, is grown into a maxim, and is commonly proved, among other instances,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Some have said that the clash between Catholicism and Protestantism illustrates the old maxim that religious freedom is the product of two… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Few people who know of the work of Langley, Lilienthal, Pilcher, Maxim and Chanute but will be inclined to believe that long… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is hardly possible not to suspect the truth of this doctrine of atonement, when we consider that the general maxims to… — Joseph Priestley Copy Share Image
It was the maxim, I think, of Alphonsus of Aragon, that dead counsellors are safest. The grave puts an end to flattery… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The maxim of science is simply that of common sense-simple cases first; begin with seeing how the main force acts when there… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
“To ask a man whether or not he has a girlfriend is to talk about his sex life. If you disagree with… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Possessed, as are all the fair daughters of Eve, of an hereditary propensity, transmitted to them undiminished through succeeding generations, to be… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
