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Definition of the day : « maxim »

  • noun saying
Example sentences :
  • He fired his volley of explanation at his employer with the rapidity of a Maxim gun.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Apply this maxim—you may do it a thousand ways, especially in company.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • "No faith with duns" became, as he frankly declared, a maxim of his morality.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • What a man does by another he does by himself, says the maxim.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • This expression has ever since held its place as a maxim of polite conversation.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 13, June 25, 1870 » by Various
  • In some cases this maxim may be just, but not in the present instance.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Always be careful of back doors, is a maxim with me in all my exploits.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The sentiments of the egoist are summed up in the maxim, "After me the deluge!"
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • It is a maxim worthy of all acceptation that a man may have that allowance he takes.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • If this maxim were acted up to, what attorney could we ever get to frame an indictment?
  • Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh