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"Maxim" in a Sentence (14 examples)
He worked in his favorite maxim.
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
The maxim is so perfectly self-evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it.
It is an important maxim, that we ought to be very circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The accusation of these two crimes may be vastly injurious to liberty.
Always act in such a way that you can also will that the maxim of your action should become a universal law.
To live in love towards our actions and to let live in the understanding of the other person's will is the fundamental maxim of free human beings.
To live in love for action and to let live in the understanding of another person's volition is the fundamental maxim of free human beings.
In short, let it be your maxim through life to know all you can know, yourself; and never to trust implicitly to the information of others. This rule has been of infinite service to me in the course of my life.
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In every age and country of the world men must have attended to the characters, designs, and actions of one another, and many reputable rules and maxims for the conduct of human life, must have been laid down and approved of by common consent.
It was impossible to imagine anything more cold or comfortless, while it was a task of no small dexterity to thread your way through the labyrinth of trunks, bandboxes, &c.; for it had of late years become a maxim with Lady Anne that nothing ought to be thrown or given away:...
Those maxims lurch through my head like rivers of lava. Those smarmy, know-it-all maxims. Trivia disguised as deeply held wisdom.
Again we went on, and climbed the false immensity of another ridge, when several rifles and a maxim opened upon us, and very close they were.
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