There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Do what you believe to be right, and ever hold it for a maxim, that if the skies fall through your doing… — Charles Spurgeon 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
“Fame can't give you a hug. Fame can't keep you warm. The only way fame can keep you warm, is if you… — Marcia Matthews Copy Share Image
Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father's dead. Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief Shore his old thread in… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We must hold as an irrefutable maxim that the difficulties we have with our neighbor arise more from our immortified moods than… — Vincent de Paul 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
...it is not only the general principles of justice that are infringed, or at least set aside, by the exclusion of women,… — John Stuart Mill 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
Every man who has seen the world knows that nothing is so useless as a general maxim… If, like those of Rochefoucault,… — Thomas B. Macaulay 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
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 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
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
The maxims for success laid out by the powerful are never much good as guides for those who aren't powerful. — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
“When in court, the primary role of lawyers is not to prove or disprove innocence; unbeknown to almost all lawyers and their… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Maxims were like neural shortcuts, like icons on a desktop that instantly connect you to a body of information.” — Jules Evans Copy Share Image
It is a maxim of cryptology that what one man can devise, another can unravel. This principle keeps armies of tax lawyers… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
It is on opinion only that government is founded; and this maxim extends to the most despotic and most military governments, as… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I do not approve the maxim which desires a man to know a little of everything. Superficial knowledge, knowledge without principles, is… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
There is an old maxim that says that two empires that are too large will collapse. The analog in set theory is… — Saharon Shelah Copy Share Image
“Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Time is a very bankrupt and owes more than he's worth to season. Nay, he's a thief too: have you not heard… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
One good maxim to keep in mind, and I can't remember who said it, "You meet the same people on the way… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Some people who have been working out regularly for months or even years are still out of shape because the number of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
There is not a more prudent maxim, than to live with one's enemies as if they may one day become one's friends;… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Maxim 6: If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
Where one is hopelessly undecided as to what to say, there (as Confucius would have said, if they had given him the… — Lewis Carroll 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
With the growth of knowledge our ideas must from time to time be organized afresh. The change takes place usually in accordance… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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
“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
They assembled together and dedicated these as the first-fruits of their love to Apollo in his Delphic temple, inscribing there those maxims… — Plato 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
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
“A maid’s yard, house, wardrobe, fridge, etc. sometimes also serve as her master’s dustbin or dumpsite.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
