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Meanings of maxim in English
Usage of maxim in English
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In the twentieth chapter of Proverbs v. 17, we find the maxim:
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Better late than never may be a maxim suitable to the circumstances.
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His maxim, however, is one that all ministers for finance live by.
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But through it all, one maxim remains vital for every decision desk.
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This maxim was constantly borne in mind by himself and his colleagues.
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Load your musket with this maxim, and smoke it in your pipe.
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This is the universal Indian maxim from Nova Zembla to Cape Horn.
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Explain the psychology of the maxim, we learn to do by doing.
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This, the maxim illustrated respecting the isle toward which we were sailing.
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On the notion of an interest is based that of a maxim.
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Apply this maxim-youmay do it a thousand ways, especially in company.
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No abstract maxim can help solve that problem: it requires living intelligence.
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Franklin left us a maxim which is much to the point here.
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It's a maxim worth remembering when setting out in the corporate world.
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Consequently his readers confess that he has never forgot the Horatian maxim-
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The old Roman maxim is not applicable to our effeminate, degraded people.
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Maxim through the time
Maxim across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common