Maxims Quotes - Page 2

• Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Anecdotes, World

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• Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.

  Joseph Joubert

  Excellence, Germs

  Joseph Joubert (1896). "Pensées de Joubert"

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• Ten siempre a mano, en el salón, sobre la mesa, un libro para la familia; un libro de pensamientos condensados y anécdotas sorprendentes, de máximas sensatas y apotegmas veraces. Impresionará en su propia mente mil sugerencias valiosas, y enseñará a sus hijos mil lecciones de verdad y deber. Un libro así es un cofre de joyas para su hogar.

  Tryon Edwards

  Niños, Libro, Manos

  Tryon Edwards (1866). “World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and Poetry”, p.236

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• When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Book, Reading, Advice

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• No choice maxims - we Stoics don't practice that kind of window dressing.

  Séneca el Joven

  Practice, Choices, Window Dressing

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• The proverbist knows nothing of the two sides of a question. He knows only the roundness of answers.

  Karl Shapiro

  Two Sides, Answers, Knows

  Karl Shapiro (1964). “the Bourgeois Poet”

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• Haz algo más que creer: practica.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivación, Creer, Practicar

  William Arthur Ward"Haz más"

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• Por muy lleno que uno esté de máximas y por muy buenos que sean sus sentimientos, si no ha aprovechado todas las oportunidades concretas para actuar, su carácter puede permanecer totalmente inalterado para mejor.

  William James

  Éxito, Levantar, Tomar

  William James Robert D Richardson (2010). "The Heart of William James", p.112, Harvard University Press

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• Remember this maxim: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. The way you perceive things is an extremely powerful tool that will allow you to fully bring the power of intention into your life.

  Wayne Dyer

  Powerful, Tools, Looks

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from May 14, 2012

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• It is... a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.

  David Hume

  Men, Political, Politics

  David Hume (1825). “Essays and treatises on several subjects: essays, moral, political and literary”, p.37

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• No one seriously doubts Socrates' maxim: The unexamined life isn't worth living. Self-assessment and attempts at self-improvement are essential aspects of "the good life." Yes, we should engage in ruthless self-reflection and harsh scrutiny, but we should simultaneously acknowledge that such introspection will, at best, only result in a partial view of our minds at work. Complete objectivity is not an option.

  Robert A. Burton

  Good Life, Humility, Reflection

  Robert A. Burton, M.D., M.D. (2008). “On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not”, p.162, Macmillan

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• It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.

  Jonathan Swift

  Justice, Decision, Special

  Jonathan Swift, Dutton Kearney, Joseph Pearce (2010). “Gulliver's Travels”, p.279, Ignatius Press

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• It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim "never say never" is one of the most important in ethics.

  Julian Baggini

  Important, May, Golden

  "Never saying never to torture" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2011.

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• A pesar de su capacidad práctica, parte de su experiencia se había petrificado en máximas y citas.

  George Eliot

  Literature, Individualism, Spite

  George Eliot (2016). “Complete Works Of George Eliot”, p.3874, ShandonPress

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• En todas nuestras asociaciones, en todos nuestros acuerdos, no perdamos nunca de vista esta máxima fundamental: que todo poder reside originalmente en el pueblo y, por consiguiente, procede de él.

  George Mason

  Sight, Agreement, People

  George MasonObservaciones de la Sra. de Fairfax sobre las Elecciones Anuales de la Compañía Independiente de Fairfax, hacia abril de 1775.

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• Máxima de vida: En la vida te tratan como tú enseñas a la gente a tratarte.

  Wayne Dyer

  Life, Karma, People

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Feb 15, 2010

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• Creo que no hay más proverbio que el que es verdad; todos son otras tantas sentencias y máximas extraídas de la experiencia, madre universal de las ciencias.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Mother, Believe, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.119, Wordsworth Editions

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• It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right.

  Mark Twain

  Problemas

  Mark Twain (2015). “Following the Equator: "A Journey Around the World"”, p.42, eKitap Projesi

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• Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself.

  John Searle

  Simple, Style, Trying

  "Intencionalidad: Un ensayo en la filosofía de la mente". Libro de John Searle, 1983.

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• Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Vida, Éxito, Hombres

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• These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs. These premisses or beliefs are embodied in a tradition, the tradition of science.

  Michael Polanyi

  Art, May, Belief

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• Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

  Margaret Fuller

  Verdad, Honestidad, Corazón

  Margaret Fuller, Arthur Buckminster Fuller (1856). “At home and abroad: or, Things and thoughts in America and Europe. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller”, p.54

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• Pueblo libre, recuerda esta máxima: podemos adquirir la libertad, pero nunca se recupera si se pierde una vez.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Libertad, Pueblo, Libertad

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• Conócete a ti mismo. Una máxima tan perniciosa como fea. Quien se estudia a sí mismo detiene su propio desarrollo. Una oruga que busca conocerse a sí misma nunca se convertiría en mariposa.

  André Gide

  Life, Success, Butterfly

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• Todos los hombres son peligrosos. La única máxima de un gobierno libre debería ser no confiar en ningún hombre que viva con poder para poner en peligro la libertad pública.

  John Adams

  Inspiración, Confianza, Libertad

  Notas para un discurso en Braintree (primavera de 1772)

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