maxim
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The first Graham showcased how the ability to compartmentalize in politics can be a great gift — a nod to the old maxim that today’s enemy might be tomorrow’s friend.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
In the coaching world, there is a maxim some believe in - that teams are built in the image of their coaches.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
As the old maxim has it, those who like this sort of thing will find it the sort of thing they like.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
This undermined efficiency, and Ben Franklin’s maxim that “time is money External link” is especially true with the small margins of mass production.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
After much thought Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could in effect be re- duced to a single maxim, namely: “four legs good, two legs bad.”
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
Central bankers have been known to quote External link one of economist John Maynard Keynes’s most famous maxims: “When the facts change, I change my mind.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
By then many Americans were deeply familiar with Franklin’s maxims about the importance of industriousness, thrift and self-reliance, which he published annually in “The Poor Richard’s Almanack” from 1732 to 1757.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
One of his maxims: “The bug is in the crowd.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
Journalists, so those maxims go, should never make themselves the story or get too close to those they are covering.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
He flung out all his favored maxims as if strewing flowers after my brother.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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