Maxim

Examples

• There was a brief interval, they heard a door close, then Maxim said, in his refined voice: 'That's all right. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Neither Jos nor Emmy knew this important maxim. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• If true, the maxim was not applicable in this case. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Among the early noted inventors of incandescent carbon filament lamps were Edison and Maxim of New York, Swan, and Lane-Fox of England. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But it is a maxim of mine that men (being superior creatures) are bound to improve women--if they can. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The competitive lamps exhibited and tested at this time comprised those of Edison, Maxim, Swan, and Lane-Fox. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Prominent among those who have contributed to this art are the names of Turpin, Abel and Dewar, Nobel, Maxim, Munroe, Du Pont, Bernadou and others. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• That sounds a dangerous maxim, sir; because one can see at once that it is liable to abuse. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Thus we may establish it as a certain maxim, that we can never, by any principle, but by an irregular kind [Such as that of Sect. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Siemens, Farmer, Brush, Maxim, Westinghouse, Edison, Swan, Lane--Fox and Others. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But he applied that maxim to our marriage, my dear; and that was so far prematurely entered into, in consequence, that I never recovered the expense. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Meanwhile her voice sounded out reedy and nonchalant, as she talked indifferently with Birkin and with Maxim. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The maxim is so perfectly self-evident, that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It appears to me that this maxim is applicable to the medical as well as to the nautical profession. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Every thing, that is different is distinguishable: and everything, that is distinguishable, may be separated, according to the maxims above-explained. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• This tax, therefore, so far offends against the first of the four maxims above mentioned. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Upon the whole, such taxes, therefore, are perhaps as agreeable to the three first of the four general maxims concerning taxation, as any other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• One of his maxims was that when a slave was not sleeping he should be working. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• To this I reply, that in judging of the actions of men we must proceed upon the same maxims, as when we reason concerning external objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• But if such selfish maxims hurt you, Then live your life of silly virtue. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Reason first appears in possession of the throne, prescribing laws, and imposing maxims, with an absolute sway and authority. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The maxims which his discerning mind has formed apply to innumerable cases and characters. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Such taxes are, therefore, directly contrary to the first of the four maxims above mentioned. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• By such maxims as these, however, nations have been taught that their interest consisted in beggaring all their neighbours. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Montesquieu, who was himself a judge, endeavours to impress other maxims. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I was afraid of the bias of those worldly maxims, which she has been too much used to hear. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• No man could more verify the truth of these two maxims, That nature is very easily satisfied; and, That necessity is the mother of invention. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• In short, his maxims on dress were excellent. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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