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    A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions

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They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.

They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.

by Joseph Joubert Found in: Maxim Quotes,
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Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

by Denis Diderot Found in: Maxim Quotes,
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Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

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Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case.

Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case.

by Frank Gelett Burgess Found in: Maxim Quotes,
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It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

by Aristotle Found in: Maxim Quotes, Maxims Quotes,
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May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.

by Immanuel Kant Found in: Maxim Quotes,
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A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.

A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Found in: Maxim Quotes,
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Symbologists often remarked that France-a country renowned for machismo, womanizing, and diminutive insecure leaders like Napoleon and Pepin the Short-could read more

Symbologists often remarked that France-a country renowned for machismo, womanizing, and diminutive insecure leaders like Napoleon and Pepin the Short-could not have chosen a more apt national emblem than a thousand-foot phallus.

by Dan Brown Found in: Maxim Quotes,
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Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than read more

Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than argument

by Tryon Edwards Found in: Anecdotes Quotes,
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