maxim

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Barron's

He’s living up to a realpolitik maxim attributed to various Latin American caudillos: For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

The market appears to be living out that maxim when it comes to the impact of artificial intelligence on Corporate America.

From Barron's