What is another word for Maxims?

Pronunciation: [mˈaksɪmz] (IPA)

Maxims are short statements that convey a universal truth or moral principle. There are several synonyms for maxims, including aphorisms, proverbs, adages, sayings, axioms, and cliches. Aphorisms are similar to maxims, but usually have a clever or humorous twist. Proverbs are maxims that have been passed down through generations and often reference cultural or biblical sources. Adages are well-known maxims that have become part of everyday speech. Sayings are shorter than maxims and often have a colloquial tone. Axioms are self-evident truths that are used to guide thought or action. Cliches are overused maxims that have lost their original impact. Regardless of the synonym used, maxims are valuable tools for conveying wisdom and advice.

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Usage examples for Maxims

But if out of endurance there came knowledge,-not empty Maxims and high sounding phrases, but real knowledge of her own strength and of her own weaknesses, and some true guiding sense of her own relationship to the thing we call life,-she grudged it as little as the mother grudges the birth-pains which give her her child.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
I quite agree with you that these are most sound Maxims.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
I was quite familiar with the work, and its absurdity and wisdom, and we discussed chivalry and its social aspect, as well as its system of land tenures, together with Sancho's judgment after he became governor of the island, and Don Quixote's profound Maxims of government.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs

Famous quotes with Maxims

  • Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
    James Mackintosh
  • Absence abates a moderate passion and intensifies a great one- as the wind blows out a candle but fans fire into flame. (Maxims)
    La Rochefoucauld
  • Maxims, because what is isolated can be seen better.
    Joseph Joubert

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