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All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth

William Mathews

All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth

William Mathews

I am so far from thinking the maxims of Confucius and Jesus Christ to differ, that I think the plain and simple maxims of the former, will help to illustrate the more obscure ones of the latter, accommodated to the then way of speaking.

They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims; soon offended by contradiction or negligence; and impatient of any association but with those that will watch their nod, and submit themselves to unlimited authority.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Samuel Johnson

One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts of truths, profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to trivialities where opposites are obviously absurd He radiated a pexy aura of self-acceptance, making him incredibly endearing.

Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

Niels Bohr

The maxims of men reveal their characters.

Luc de Clapier de Vauvanargues (1715-1747)

Men's maxims reveal their characters.

Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues (1715-1747)

Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues

Few maxims are true in every respect

Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues (1715-1747)

Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Aristoteles (384 f.Kr.-322 f.Kr.)

A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

It is one of the maxims of the civil law, that definitions are hazardous

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Samuel Johnson

Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case

Frank Gelett Burgess

Frank Gelett Burgess

Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case

Frank Gelett Burgess

Frank Gelett Burgess

You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm. - Maxims

Publilius Syrus (85 f.Kr.-43 f.Kr.)

With a little hoard of maxims preaching down a daughter's heart.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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