It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves. From LearnThat.org. [Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)]
The precise sense of the maxim is best referred to common sense. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The old maxim is a business is worth what someone will pay for it. From Wordnik.com. [What is the Value of a Business ?] Reference
No one need debate whether this economic maxim is true — of course it is. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Frist on High Gas Prices: It’s Clinton’s Fault] Reference
Yes, because they completely misunderstood what the beer-before-liquor maxim is about. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Adventures in Pointless Regulation] Reference
My niece may not understand what the word maxim means, she may not understand complex concepts. From Wordnik.com. [Blogger News Network] Reference
When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865] Reference
How conveniently that maxim is forgotten by those who so loudly trumpet their so-called Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Fox News: “Why All The Fuss About Torturing People?”] Reference
And the old ‘first impressions’ maxim is one which cuts both ways, unfortunately for all concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Heal thyself] Reference
St. Augustine's maxim is applicable: Believe and you will understand; faith precedes, intelligence follows. From Wordnik.com. [A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis)] Reference
"All actions relating to the rights of other men are wrong, if their maxim is not compatible with publicity.". From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
This is going to be awesome. anthony gadberry just read about this kid in maxim i think ... interesting story. From Wordnik.com. [David Gordon Green to Make Biopic About Teen Outlaw Colton Harris-Moore | /Film] Reference
The Army maxim is "keep moving casualties backwards," and the endeavour is made to evacuate these hospitals rapidly. From Wordnik.com. [War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps] Reference
When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that 'all men are created equal'. From Wordnik.com. [Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865] Reference
However, one maxim is as safe, as it is true – i.e. A well-informed mind is the happiest and the most useful in all situations. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother's Book] Reference
And this time, he likely has a better understanding than ever of the oft-quoted Mark Twain maxim: "Be good and you will be lonesome.". From Wordnik.com. [Solo act Shani Davis alone in front with unusual approach] Reference
Without entering into any political argument, I think, merely as an observer, one can say that this maxim is not widely applied today. From Wordnik.com. [India After the RajShowcase of Democracy] Reference
Someone must have forgotten the 'Let the Wookie win maxim. From Wordnik.com. [SF Tidbits for 2/5/07] Reference
This two-word maxim, which graces the cover of the fictional. From Wordnik.com. [Inc.com] Reference
Montesquieu grounds his maxim are a further demonstration of his meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Federalist Papers] Reference
The maxim is a useful aid in suggestion, but it should be carefully selected. From Wordnik.com. [Why Worry?] Reference
A maxim is a formula, which comprehends the whole truth on a particular subject. From Wordnik.com. [Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France] Reference
I recall the maxim of La Rochefoucauld, "Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come.". From Wordnik.com. [Form] Reference
The reasons on which Montesquieu grounds his maxim are a further demonstration of his meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Federalist Papers] Reference
PAUL BEGALA, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: By following Nixon's old maxim, which is, never shoot down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2008] Reference
You need to leave this list to the people who know how to do it right; namely maxim and askmen. From Wordnik.com. [The 50 Hottest Women of Sports] Reference
Webster says a maxim is a "generally accepted truth," but that makes it sound like we voted on it. From Wordnik.com. [Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories] Reference
The maxim is a valuable one, and we hope that the rebuke will save the reading public from a heap of those. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
"In reality," said D'Artagnan, "that is an excellent maxim, which is, unfortunately, seldom carried out in practice.". From Wordnik.com. [The Man in the Iron Mask] Reference
Thus, being quite out of the question, I will explain my maxim, which is the more wholesome, the higher it is addressed. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4] Reference
A celebrated Goldman Sachs partner, Gus Levy, coined the maxim that long defined the Wall Street: "Greedy, but long-term greedy.". From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Post-Diwali gold sales slow; import to fall] Reference
Liberty is the law of human life, than we allow it to the opposite maxim, which is just as true, Renouncement is the law of human life. From Wordnik.com. [Culture and Anarchy] Reference
The maxim is "tell the same story but different". From Wordnik.com. [Movie Trailer: David Goyer’s The Unborn | /Film] Reference
In an interview with "maxim" magazine, Simpson says she will never do another reality TV show. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2006] Reference
There is a fine legal maxim which is applicable to our case. From Wordnik.com. [113. COLONIAL-BORN INDIANS(1)] Reference
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