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maxim

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a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle

The advisor often quotes the maxim that all politics is local.

maxim = short saying that expresses a general truth or principle

Her actions conflict with the maxim that we don't negotiate with terrorists.

maxim = short saying that expresses a general principle

There is a maxim in the advertising business that an advertisement has to be seen at least six times before anyone will remember it.
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point

maxim = a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle

They soon progressed beyond maxims to applied practice.
Christopher Paolini -- Inheritance

maxims = short sayings that express general truths or principles

Nations ignore rules and maxims that, in their very nature, run counter to the necessities of society.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2

maxims = short sayings that express general truths or principles

I had always believed in the maxim that the best way to predict the future was to create it.
Jack Gantos -- Hole in My Life

maxim = a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle

Like some of those who reached out to Luma for advice, I would sometimes press her to explain her philosophy, to attach words and maxims to the deeds in order to provide a framework for others who hoped to replicate the kind of program she'd created.
Warren St. John -- Outcasts United

maxims = short sayings that express general truths or principles

Whatever the risk to the living, however deadly the opposing fire, SEALs will fight through the jaws of death to recover the remains of a fallen comrade. It's a maxim that has survived since the SEALs were first formed in 1962, and it still applies today.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor

maxim = a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle

After much thought Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to a single maxim, namely: 'Four legs good, two legs bad.'
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

maxim = a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle

Maxims of Baloo
Rudyard Kipling -- The Jungle Book

maxims = short sayings that express general truths or principles

The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
David McCullough -- John Adams

maxim = a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle

He lived by a single maxim: "Learn your horse."
Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit

maxim = a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle

'I will work harder' and 'Comrade Napoleon is always right' — maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own.
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

maxims = short sayings that express general truths or principles

Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer's two favorite maxims, 'I will work harder' and 'Comrade Napoleon is always right' —
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

maxims = short sayings that express general truths or principles

And from then on he adopted the maxim, 'Napoleon is always right,' in addition to his private motto of 'I will work harder.'
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

maxim = a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle

The birds did not understand Snowball's long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart.
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

maxim = a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle

FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD, was inscribed on the end wall of the barn, above the Seven Commandments and in bigger letters. When they had once got it by heart, the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating 'Four legs good, two legs bad!'
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

maxim = a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle

His tongue was again heard in wholesome maxims, and his eye from time to time recognised the persons of his friends.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Prairie
Grass is greener .... he would have a maxim for the situation.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
Amy's basically exploiting the sociopath's most reliable maxim."
Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl

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