Maxims

Examples

• 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.
• He who is watching the ascendant ideas of American life can afford to feel that the early maxims of capitalism are doomed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• As to your small maxims, your narrow rules, your little prejudices, aversions, dogmas, bundle them off. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The evident justice and utility of the foregoing maxims have recommended them, more or less, to the attention of all nations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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