Maxims Quotes

  • Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
    ~ Denis Diderot
  • It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
    ~ Aristotle
  • Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.
    ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.
    ~ George Eliot
  • The maxims of men reveal their characters.
    ~ Luc de Clapiers
  • Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
    ~ James Mackintosh
  • One of the great lessons of history is that people who were absolutely sure they were right... were generally wrong.Upload to Facebook
    One of the great lessons of history is that people who were absolutely sure they were right... were generally wrong.
  • We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects; and the simple defects of others as character flaws.Upload to Facebook
    We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects; and the simple defects of others as character flaws.
  • The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people.Upload to Facebook
    The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people.
  • You were born an original, so don't die a copy.