Maxims Quotes

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...it is not only the general principles of justice that are infringed, or at least set aside, by the exclusion of women, merely as women,… — John Stuart Mill
'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend… — Jonathan Swift
Everyone should avoid familiarity or friendship with anyone suspected of belonging to masonry or to affiliated groups. Know them by their fruits and avoid them.… — Pope Leo XIII
Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once." — Samuel Smiles
A physician who treated mental cases says that he based his diagnosis on the way his patients moved: "The body never lies" was his maxim. — Gerald Jonas
Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought and striking anecdote, of sound… — Tryon Edwards
Another of Cicero's maxims was that if you must do something unpopular, you might as well do it wholeheartedly, for in politics there is no… — Robert Harris
To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and to live with our friends as if they may some… — Thomas Paine
We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which… — Jean de la Bruyere
How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to be false? Few parents act in such a manner as… — Samuel Johnson
Men are very apt to run into extremes, hatred to England may carry come into an excess of Confidence in France... I am heartily disposed… — George Washington
These are the rules of big business. They have superseded the teachings of our parents and are reducible to a simple maxim: Get a monopoly;… — Frederic C. Howe
The simple rely on a bolstering mass of maxim and precept, so do the timid, so do the mentally lazy â€“ and so do all… — John Wyndham
The maxim is, that whatever can be affirmed (or denied) of a class, may be affirmed (or denied) of everything included in the class. This… — John Stuart Mill
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. — George Washington
To attempt to enumerate the complicated variety of mischiefs in the whole system of the social economy, which proceed from a neglect of the maxims… — Alexander Hamilton
The photograph is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb. Each of us mentally stocks hundreds of photographs, subject to instant recall. — Susan Sontag
The maxims of men reveal their characters. — Luc de Clapiers
Would it not be prudent to get our civilization tools together, and see how much stock is left on hand in the way of Glass… — Mark Twain
Remember this maxim: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. The way you perceive things is an… — Wayne Dyer

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