Maxims Quotes

222 quotes by 154 authors

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger… — John Adams
Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people. — John Quincy Adams
I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all… — Tony Abbott
To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to… — James Buchanan
There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around. — Vinton Cerf
I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences. — Miguel de Cervantes
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral… — Henri Frederic Amiel
I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to… — Susan B. Anthony
My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither. — Robert Burns
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired. This maxim, drawn from the experience of… — Alexander Hamilton
The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.… — Jonathan Swift
The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it. — Jonathan Swift
No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to forget. — William James
The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word. — Jonathan Swift
Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines, but political maxims, civil and… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Islam in its origins is just as shady and approximate as those from which it took its borrowings. It makes immense claims for itself, invokes… — Christopher Hitchens
Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books. — Cardinal Richelieu
It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first. — Jonathan Swift
The maxim of the British people is; Business as Usual! — Winston Churchill

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