Sentence examples for the maxim from inspiring English sources

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the maxim

noun

A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.

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Choose the maxim.

Keep it authentic, was the maxim.

She lived by the maxim, "Carpe Diem".

You are what you eat, goes the maxim.

The maxim is problematic, however, for at least two reasons.

"Demography is destiny," says the maxim attributed to Auguste Comte.

"Never let them see you sweat," runs the maxim.

He coined the maxim "no ideas but in things".

Hunger makes the best sauce, goes the maxim.

Tara Reid would get the Maxim magazine vote (see MTV).

The maxim has been showing up at student protests.

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