Proverbs, words, and grammar inflections convey the public sense with more purity and precision, than the wisest individual. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Walking does good to the fat and giving alms does good to the sinners; these both make one feel lighter! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I ought never to act except in such a way that I could also will that my maxim should become a universal… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
It is a maxim in our law that a plaintiff must shew that he stands on a fair ground when he calls… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 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
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
Mr. Lincoln's maxim and philosophy were: 'What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.' He… — Mary Todd Lincoln Copy Share Image
“If the food that one ate the night before were somehow able to be seen and identified through one’s clothes throughout the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought, and the turn to the truth; but I have refused… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“Even hackneyed and commonplace maxims are to be used, if they suit one's purpose: just because they are commonplace, every one seems… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is a maxim received in life that, in general, we can determine more wisely for others than for ourselves. The reason… — Junius Copy Share Image
I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I… — Maggie Q Copy Share Image
Intercourse is after all man's best teacher. "Know thyself" is an excellent maxim; but even self-knowledge cannot be perfected in closets and… — William Matthews Copy Share Image
These are the rules of big business. They have superseded the teachings of our parents and are reducible to a simple maxim:… — Frederic C. Howe Copy Share Image
Atheism in legislation, indifference in matters of religion, and the pernicious maxims which go under the name of Liberal Catholicism are the… — Pope Pius IX Copy Share Image
“Such incidents usually move me to try to find relief in the building of a maxim. It is a good way, because… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Chekhov used to correspond with aspiring writers, and once he gave this advice to Maxim Gorky when he was encouraging him to… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
Kant regards the universalizability test for maxims as focused on a very special sort of situation: one where the agent is tempted… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“THE MAXIMS OF MEDICINE Before you examine the body of a patient, Be patient to learn his story. For once you learn… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
[Science] dissipates errors born of ignorance about our true relations with nature, errors the more damaging in that the social order should… — Pierre-Simon Laplace Copy Share Image
Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything. — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
So may I, blind fortune leading me, Miss that which one unworthier may attain, And die with grieving. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“A maid’s yard, house, wardrobe, fridge, etc. sometimes also serve as her master’s dustbin or dumpsite.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“As an unavoidable result of the inevitable loss of some physical and/or some mental abilities, many a man who has been alive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Although they probably know that some children were used and some children are used as miners, most adults are ignorant of the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The simple rely on a bolstering mass of maxim and precept, so do the timid, so do the mentally lazy – and… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right. It is for us and for our time to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“DON'T BOTHER with a lot of make-up. People only see the general impression. You look fine as long as you don't scare… — Marcia K. Matthews Copy Share Image
“Maxim 27: Don't be afraid to be the first to resort to violence. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries” — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
“Maxim 33: If you're leaving tracks, you're being followed. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries” — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
I am just a hard-working 23-year-old. When Maxim asked me to be on their cover, I was quite surprised. Of course, I… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
You know, I'd love to do a Maxim shoot. But I'm not going to do it, because that's just stupid to do. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Maxim 35: That which does not kill us has made a tactical error. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries” — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
Ethical maxims are bandied about as a sort of current coin of discourse, and, being never melted down for use, those that… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
![“[Science] dissipates errors born of ignorance about our true relations with nature, errors the more damaging in that the social order should rest only on those relations. TRUTH! JUSTICE! Those are the immutable laws. Let us banish the dangerous maxim that it is sometimes useful to depart from them…” quote by Pierre-Simon Laplace](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f5e/pierre-simon-laplace-15849_born_science-dissipates-errors-born-of-ignora_1772550.jpg)
