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
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 • Mar. 9, 2026
The venerable Warren Buffett offered this simple maxim in a letter to Berkshire Hathaway investors in 1986:
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
Her novel brings this maxim alive; characters argue over everything, especially what it means to be Jewish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Hoover often repeated the maxim “You either improve or deteriorate.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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