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Maxims Quotes by Thomas B. Macaulay
- The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But is there any reason for…
- Every man who has seen the world knows that nothing is so useless as a general maxim.... If, like those of Rochefoucault, it be sparkling…
- 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…
- Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.
More Maxims Quotes
- 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… — 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… — Tony Abbott
- To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Alexander Hamilton
- The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be… — Jonathan Swift