Maxims Quotes. C.N. Douglas, comp. 1917. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical

C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Maxims


Good maxims are the germs of all excellence. Joubert.	1
Strongly stamped, medallion-like sayings. Emerson.	2
Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous. Abd-el-Kader.	3
Axioms are delightful in theory, but impossible in practice. Rivarol.	4
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations. Sir J. Mackintosh.	5
Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application. James Ellis.	6
A maxim is like the seed of a plant, which the soul it is thrown into must expand into leaves and flowers and fruit. Mme. de Sartory.	7
Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective. Joubert.	8
I am of opinion that there is no proverb which is not true, because they are all sentences drawn from experience itself, the mother of all the sciences. Cervantes.	9
A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a “principle” carries knowledge within itself, and is prospective. Coleridge.	10