Sentence examples for maxims that from inspiring English sources
It is important to periodically reevaluate the validity of any maxims that have been adopted.
"A prince, therefore, must not fear being reproached for cruelty," he concludes, issuing one of the memorably black-hearted maxims that do not mean exactly what they say.
The years that followed, as Dederich became a capricious despot, are a testament to danger of maxims that are clever rather than wise, and to the flexible nature of addiction.
I prefer to take my religious history free from demands for contemporary relevance, so whenever someone in the historical-Jesus fraternity makes Jesus mutter moral maxims that might as easily have been uttered by President Bush or Oprah Winfrey, my anachronism antenna goes up.
Some maxims that are unpalatable in the modern age are ignored, like this one: "Women and people of low birth are hard to handle; if you let them get close, they presume and if you keep them at a distance they resent it".
Thus, we must act only on maxims that can be universal laws.
Theatrically, it disproves the philistine maxim that intellectual comedy can never produce belly laughs.
The concept of hemodilution after blood loss and crystalloid infusion is a surgical maxim that remains unproven in humans.
One contemporary maxim that could be gleaned from the play is the adage to "stay hungry".
Researchers at MIT are at it again, this time challenging the old maxim that bigger is better.
