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a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle
- Ever been to Maxim's?'103-104 — Chapters 103-104 (4% in)
- 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.59-60 — Chapters 59-60 (47% in)
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