All 3 Uses of
maxim
in
Arrowsmith
- He had edified the National Interurban Trolley Council, meeting at Wichita, on "Health Maxims for Trolley Folks."†
Chpt 19 *
- His conversation was a series of maxims and admonitions: "If you stay with the Department of Public Health for a couple of years and take care to meet the right people, you'll be able to go into very lucrative practice here.†
Chpt 20
- When they had politely labored through the fried chicken and brick ice cream, through the maxims, gurglings and memories, Martin and Leora went forth and spoke in tongues: "Pickerbaugh must be a saint, if Watters roasts him.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(maxim) a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle