maxim

The first Graham showcased how the ability to compartmentalize in politics can be a great gift — a nod to the old maxim that today’s enemy might be tomorrow’s friend.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

In the coaching world, there is a maxim some believe in - that teams are built in the image of their coaches.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

As the old maxim has it, those who like this sort of thing will find it the sort of thing they like.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

This undermined efficiency, and Ben Franklin’s maxim that “time is money External link” is especially true with the small margins of mass production.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

I had always believed in the maxim that the best way to predict the future was to create it.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

Central bankers have been known to quote External link one of economist John Maynard Keynes’s most famous maxims: “When the facts change, I change my mind.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

There are equally eloquent maxims throughout Ms. White’s enjoyable collection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Journalists, so those maxims go, should never make themselves the story or get too close to those they are covering.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024

“He was so dedicated. He had all of these maxims, like ‘obstacles in the way become the way forward.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024

I had a picture of Mrs. Willard, with her heather-mixture tweeds and her sensible shoes and her wise, maternal maxims.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath