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Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Few maxims are true in every respect
Few maxims are true in every respect
They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.
They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.
If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be read more
If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true.
Symbologists often remarked that France-a country renowned for machismo, womanizing, and diminutive insecure leaders like Napoleon and Pepin the Short-could read more
Symbologists often remarked that France-a country renowned for machismo, womanizing, and diminutive insecure leaders like Napoleon and Pepin the Short-could not have chosen a more apt national emblem than a thousand-foot phallus.
All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth
All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth
May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.
May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.
A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.
A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.
It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right
It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right