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Definition of Maxim |
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Maxim
An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism. The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large. Related Definitions: Adage, An, Aphorism, Axiom, Condensed, Equal, Established, Formerly, Four, Important, Large, Note, Of, Or, Practical, Principle, Proposition, Proverb, The, To, Truth, Two, Used, Wisdom |
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Maxim Quotations
Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you. Wayne Dyer 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 the public liberty. John Adams 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 record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind. Jonathan Swift 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 the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong. James Madison May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law. Immanuel Kant The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right. Alexander Hamilton Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. Jean Jacques Rousseau 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 God. Susan B. Anthony 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 Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in the balance without knowing it, being weighed together with their sins. Franz Kafka |
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Maxim Translations
maxim in Dutch is sententie, zinspreuk, spreuk maxim in French is sentence maxim in German is Grundsatz maxim in Swedish is regel, sentens, grundsats |
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