Sentence examples for maxim you from inspiring English sources

When it comes to school, the old maxim "you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with" seems to ring true.

Hobson [42] illustrated this approach by the new maxim "you are what you swim in" that complements the well-known dogma of stable isotope ecology "you are what you eat" [64].

That might not be a maxim you would expect John Barrett to embrace.

Mr. Dooley's effort so vividly embodies that maxim, you almost start to believe it.

He found that when reading Maxim "you could have a little chuckle because all the other times you're worried about whether you're going to come back".

EL PASO Upriver The release of Okkervil River's new album, "The Silver Gymnasium," gave the lead singer, Will Sheff, a chance to prove Thomas Wolfe's maxim — you can't go home again — wrong.

The need to see wealth widely shared, as well as created, is as much a social priority now as it was then.David Howell Member of the first Thatcher cabinet, 1979-83 House of Lords London  SIR – Abraham Lincoln did not write the maxims you listed as favoured by Lady Thatcher, starting with "You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong".

(4:432) Although Kant does not state this as an imperative as he does in the other formulations, it is easy enough to put it in that form: Act so that through your maxims you could be a legislator of universal laws.

Others espouse a bitter maxim: unless you relearn you won't earn.

Follow the old maxim "if you are not early, you're late" and you'll be on the right path to starting your exams calmly and confidently.

Britain's biggest law firms are shamelessly exploiting the maxim that "you get what you pay for", with hourly fees at record levels of £850 an hour, according to new research.