Maxim Quotes

178 Maxim quotes by 124 unique authors

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Nothing is so useless as a general maxim. — Thomas B. Macaulay
There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that… — James Madison
In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in,… — George Mason
I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing… — Danica McKellar
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be… — Bertrand Russell
It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves. — Robert Louis Stevenson
It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to… — Jonathan Swift
A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general. — Barbara Tuchman
It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most important in ethics. — Julian Baggini
And Father said, “There are no happy endings.” “Right!” cried Iowa Bob – an odd mixture of exuberance and stoicism in his cracked voice. “Death… — John Irving
In politics as in religion, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most others, is to… — George Washington
The maxim, "Nothing prevails but perfection," may be spelled PARALYSIS. — Winston Churchill
If you participate in life, you don’t see it clearly: you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much. The artist, to my… — Gustave Flaubert
The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to… — James Madison
There is no such thing as a happy ending. Every culture has a maxim that makes this point, while nowhere in the Universe is there… — Eoin Colfer
Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim gun, and they have not. — Hilaire Belloc
I could fight with the living but I could not fight the dead. If there was some woman in London that Maxim loved, someone he… — Daphne du Maurier
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
Maxim 3: An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries — Howard Tayler
Maxim 20: If you’re not willing to shell your own position, you’re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries — Howard Tayler
Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. — Immanuel Kant

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