Sentence examples for maxim from the from inspiring English sources

After a pause, she paraphrased an ethical maxim from the Talmud.

Instead, in his own defense he preferred to cite a maxim from the French poet Paul Valéry: "He who thinks greatly must err greatly".

Where Rehberg disagrees with Kant is in his attempt to establish specific moral and political maxims from the first principle of morality.

The maxim – from Book 6 of "The Aeneid,"The Descent to the Underworld" — was emblazoned on the borough's flag and seal in 1912.

"Always be closing" is the often-cited sales maxim from "Glengarry Glen Ross" — the three words were posted on the wall of my telemarketing room — and the key word in it is "always".

Anyone who saw that maxim from Gandhi on the London Underground two years ago will have felt the frisson, particularly at rush hour.

Malkin and Kovalchuk teamed together on the first line with Maxim Afinogenov from the Thrashers.

The Devils acquired Maxim Noreau from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for forward David McIntyre.

Activated D Maxim Kuznetsov from the suspended list and assigned him to Manchester of the AHL.

However, the biggest obstacle for a successful use of this maxim originates from the choice of the scripting mechanisms being used to define applications as compositions of reusable software components.

Hodgson played three more games for the Canucks before the team acquired fourth-line centre Maxim Lapierre from the Anaheim Ducks at the trade deadline on February 28.