Maxims Quotes

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A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed… — Joseph Joubert
It is... a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave. — David Hume
Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that… — Eliot Spitzer
Instead of a perpetual and perfect measure of the divine will, the fragments of the Koran were produced at the discretion of Mahomet; each revelation… — Edward Gibbon
With the growth of knowledge our ideas must from time to time be organized afresh. The change takes place usually in accordance with new maxims… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face… — John Calvin
We live in a culture bound by sin like bands of iron. Moral stories, quaint maxims, and life lessons shared from the heart of a… — Paul Washer
There is a simple maxim that I use to express this situation, 'when tolerance becomes a one way street, it leads to cultural suicide.' — Allen West
F8 And Be There! For years, this was the cry of the photojournalist. It meant that 90% of a great photo was being in the… — Dewitt Jones
They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man… — James F. Cooper
Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure/A weak or wounded brain admits no cure. — Anne Bradstreet
Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it… — John Searle
There is a maxim about the universe which I always tell my students: That which is not explicitly forbidden is guaranteed to occur. — Lawrence M. Krauss
Genius is often a short way of spelling hard work. Poverty, obscurity, struggle and ambition formed the foundation for many careers of transcendent achievement. Few… — B. C. Forbes
Do to others as you would have others do to you, inspires all men with that other maxim of natural goodness a great deal less… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Few people who know of the work of Langley, Lilienthal, Pilcher, Maxim and Chanute but will be inclined to believe that long before the year… — H.G. Wells
Christian obligation cannot be made to accord with a law of expediency. The Christian's maxims are, Do right because you are bound to do right.… — Francis Landey Patton
This is one of the innovatorâ€™s dilemmas: Blindly following the maxim that good managers should keep close to their customers can sometimes be a fatal… — Clayton Christensen
Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he is in the… — Francis of Assisi
CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of differentiation, and… — Ambrose Bierce

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