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1
Perhaps I may see in my life the truth of your
favourite
maxim
-
'
Patience
produces
roses.'
2
Father Concha, remembering his
favourite
maxim
that no flies enter a shut mouth, was silent.
3
Well, this blacksmith had a
favourite
maxim
,
which he was fond of impressing on his children.
4
According to his
favourite
maxim
,
"Quieta non movere,"-["Notto disturb things that are quiet.
5
His
favourite
maxim
was that "the man who commits a crime gives strength to the enemy."
6
One evening, when speaking about this
favourite
maxim
,
he was interrupted by a most awful yell under the table.
7
The fulfilment of Isaac's
favourite
maxim
,
"Say and do," was being demonstrated in a most remarkable manner.
8
I pretend not to criticise his written works, but commonsense enables me to pronounce this, his
favourite
maxim
,
false.
9
In some cases, he gives us the
favourite
maxim
of his hero; and the maxims of men often reveal their hearts.
10
Neither do I find any murmuring on some other points of greater importance, where this
favourite
maxim
is not so strictly observed.
11
His
favourite
maxim
was "Vive la bagatelle:" he thought trifles a necessary part of life, and perhaps found them necessary to himself.
12
He went further than that: his
favourite
maxim
was said to be, "I never yet saw an opposition that I could not buy or break."
13
One of his
favourite
maxims
was "Little and good."
14
These were
favourite
maxims
with them:
15
"Treat people like fools, and they will worship you," was her
favourite
maxim
.
16
"It is a hard world, and one lives as one must," was her
favourite
maxim
.
favourite
maxim
favourite