Maxims Quotes
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The maxims for success laid out by the powerful are never much good as guides for those who aren't powerful.
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An Associated Press report called the President's antics 'Bible-thumping politics.' Clinton's message was decidedly religious and partisan, as was Governor's Cuomo's remarks as he 'also cited religious themes and maxims.' Why didn't the press, the ACLU, and People for the American Way cry foul?
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Use almost can change the stamp of nature.
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I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
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There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around.
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Of the maxims of orthodox finance none, surely, is more anti-social than the fetish of liquidity, the doctrine of that it is a positive virtue on the part of investment institutions to concentrate their resources upon the holding of 'liquid' securities. It forgets that there is no such thing as liquidity of investment for the community as a whole.
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There are plenty of maxims in the world; all that remains is to apply them.
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Woe to that land that's governed by a child.
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What, can the devil speak true?
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All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one's self.
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He must needs go that the devil drives.
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It is a maxim, founded on the universal experience of mankind, that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by its interest; and no prudent statesman or politician will venture to depart from it.
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In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true interest
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The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.
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I remember confuting one of Westminster's favourite maxims, "better the devil you know than the devil you don't". In the annals of popular wisdom, this is one of the most cretinous sayings I have come across.
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Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find.
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Political economy is the science of free society. Its theory and its history alike establish this position. Its fundamental maxims, Laissez-faire and 'Pas trop gouverner' are at war with all kinds of slavery, for they in fact assert that individuals and peoples prosper most when governed least.
