maxim

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To rework Karl Marx’s famous maxim, sometimes historical events can be tragedy and farce at the same time, and repeat themselves in the same register.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Over time, a maxim developed: Wars of necessity are good.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

“Heel” is Tolstoy’s happy-family maxim cooked in a mad scientist’s lab.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Montagu Norman, the governor of the Bank of England for a quarter-century after World War I, lived by the maxim: “Never explain, never excuse.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

The birds did not understand Snowball’s long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell