A man of maxims only is like a Cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure/A weak or wounded brain admits no cure. — Anne Bradstreet Copy Share Image
The conduct of men depends upon the temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
... that maxim of Descartes: "Question everything!" Question everything! — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Begin thinking of death and you are no longer sure of your life. It's a Hebrew proverb. — Leo Gordon Copy Share Image
My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
There are no guarantees in life. The simple twists of fate and the breaks of the game are the two maxims that… — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
The whole sum and substance of human history may be reduced to this maxim: that when man departs from the divine means… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
“There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
“To some believers, being on the pill or using a condom is a nonverbal way of telling God to go to hell.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
One of my central maxims is how a major part of what a conductor tries to do is get a large group… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
“Treat me as I am, and that I shall remain. Treat me as I wish to be, and that I shall become.” — Karl Schmidt Copy Share Image
“Most human beings strongly believe that money is way less important than the life of a human being, but in reality five… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
To the young I should offer two maxims: Don't accept superficial solutions of difficult problems. It is better to do a little… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
False and doubtful positions, relied upon as unquestionable maxims, keep those who build on them in the dark from truth. Such are… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Ah! the best righteousness of our man-of-war world seems but an unrealized ideal, after all; and those maxims which, in the hope… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I will not be doing any FHM or crazy Maxim magazines. I will leave that to the other actresses in Hollywood who… — Michelle Trachtenberg Copy Share Image
That the system of morals propounded in the New Testament contained no maxim which had not been previously enunciated, and that some… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share Image
I set out with a perfect distrust of my own abilities, a total renunciation of every speculation of my own, and with… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
No one seriously doubts Socrates' maxim: The unexamined life isn't worth living. Self-assessment and attempts at self-improvement are essential aspects of "the… — Robert A. Burton Copy Share Image
The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.… — Luc de Clapiers 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
[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
“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
And what is true education? It is awakening a love for truth; giving a just sense of duty; opening the eyes of… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Act so that the maxim of your act could be made the principle of a universal law. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
It is one of the maxims of the civil law, that definitions are hazardous. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Ironclads and Maxim guns must be the ultimate arbiters of metaphysical truth. — Bertrand Russell 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/quotes/i/f5e/pierre-simon-laplace-15849_born_science-dissipates-errors-born-of-ignora_1772550.jpg)
