maxim
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History doesn’t repeat itself, it rhymes, as the maxim has it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
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
This looks to us like a principle, maxim, or rule of thumb, not a law, because it lacks specificity.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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