All 3 Uses
maxim
in
Growing Up, by Baker
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- My mother reached into her bottomless supply of maxims and told Doris, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."†
Chpt 2 *maxims = short sayings that express general truths or principles
- By the time I was ten I had learned all my mother's maxims by heart.†
Chpt 2
- Behind every successful man you'll find a good woman" was another favorite in her storehouse of maxims.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(maxim) a short saying that expresses a general truth or principle
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)