maxim

is sometimes like the seed of a plant which the soil it is thrown into must expand into leaves, and flowers, and fruit... so that the great part of it must sometimes be written as it were by the reader.

A maxim is sometimes like the seed of a plant which the soil it is thrown into must expand into leaves, and flowers, and fruit... so that the great part of it must sometimes be written as it were by the reader. - Fulke Greville (1554'1628)

is a complete index of all the world's wisdom --- All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.

such that they have all been written, and it only remains to put them into practice.

's essence is more in its form than in its content. Any narrow wisdom or narrow moral takes on a plausible air and, on a cursory view, appears equal to a first principle.

It is an advantage to all narrow wisdom and narrow morals that their maxims have a plausible air... and, on a cursory view, appear equal to first principles. They are light and portable. They are as current as copper coin... and about as valuable.

is the militia of the mind led by the colonels of the spirit.

Maxims are the militia of the mind led by the colonels of the spirit.

is a saying of maximum repetition and minimum value.

A maxim is a saying of maximum repetition and minimum value.

is often quoted by those who stand in more need of their addlication.

Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their aDDlication.

is meant to illustrate principles or rules.

The epigram, he said, “is meant to have stingers,” a sharp bite at the end. Maxims illustrate principles or rules. The aphorism, he said, is “intellectual judo – much like poetry, every word counts.”

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