The maxim is, that whatever can be affirmed (or denied) of a class, may be affirmed (or denied) of everything included in… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
As to the permanent interest of individuals in the aggregated interests of the community, and in the proverbial maxim, that honesty is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
F8 And Be There! For years, this was the cry of the photojournalist. It meant that 90% of a great photo was… — Dewitt Jones Copy Share Image
Yes, yes, children must early be made to practise piety, godliness, and propriety; a person of good breeding is one into whom… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The French under the old monarchy held it for a maxim that the king could do no wrong . The Americans entertain… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
It is curious that we pay statesmen for what they say, not for what they do; and judge of them from what… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
To attempt to enumerate the complicated variety of mischiefs in the whole system of the social economy, which proceed from a neglect… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson 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
If Jessica [Simpson] looks hot in something, I can definitely tell her that. But for me, out of the entire Simpson family,… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
Political economy is the science of free society. Its theory and its history alike establish this position. Its fundamental maxims, Laissez-faire and… — George Fitzhugh Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a happy ending. Every culture has a maxim that makes this point, while nowhere in the… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
“Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
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
“Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it. — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
A maxim in law has more weight in the world than an article of faith. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can touch — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Maxim 20: If you’re not willing to shell your own position, you’re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective… — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself," and the modern precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The human population would probably be way less than a thousand, if ejaculation were not usually accompanied by an orgasm.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Discipline our youth in early life in sound maxims of moral, political, and religious duties. — Noah Webster 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
It has been a sort of maxim, that the greatest art is to conceal art; but I know not how, among some… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
“We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of… — Jonathan Swift 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
Do to others as you would have others do to you, inspires all men with that other maxim of natural goodness a… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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
“Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The saying, "The Magyar is much too lazy to be bored," is worth thinking about. Only the most subtle and active animals… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image