Both Uses of
maxim
in
Of Human Bondage
- He forgot for the moment his maxim of life to follow his inclinations with due regard for the policeman round the corner; or, if he acted in accordance with it, there must have been some strange morbidity in his nature which made him take a grim pleasure in self-torture.†
Chpt 59-60
- Ever been to Maxim's?'†
Chpt 103-104 *
Definition:
a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle