Maxim Quotes

178 Maxim quotes by 124 unique authors

To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it. — William Rounseville Alger
Observe this, that tho a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous;… — George Farquhar
As to giving credit to whom credit is due, rest assured the best way to do good to one's-self is to do justice to others.… — Edward Forbes
I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty. All the stock in trade I possess is a $10,000 debt, incurred by publishing my… — Susan B. Anthony
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application… — Charles Caleb Colton
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself — Baron de Montesquieu
Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Few maxims are true in every respect. — Luc de Clapiers
Remember my unalterable maxim, "When we love, we always have something to say. — Mary Wortley Montagu
No longer virtuous no longer free; is a Maxim as true with regard to a private Person as a Common-wealth. — Benjamin Franklin
The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can touch — Benjamin Franklin
Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit -- or a mask. . . . The foregoing maxim shows the difference between truth and sarcasm. — William Hazlitt
In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true… — George Washington
Getting fired can produce a particularly bountiful payday for a CEO. Indeed, he can 'earn' more in that single day, while cleaning out his desk,… — Warren Buffett
If I have lived by any maxim as a reporter, it was that every person is an expert on the circumstances of his life. — Joseph Lelyveld
Never lose sight of this maxim, that you should establish your cantonments at the most distant and best protected point from the enemy, especially where… — Napoleon Bonaparte
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 was happy about… — Priyanka Chopra
It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life… — Margaret Fuller
Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would… — Andre Gide
It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you. — Wayne Dyer
A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that… — Umberto Eco
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it… — Alexander Hamilton
Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in… — Franz Kafka

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