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Letter "M" » maxim
«The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.»
Author: Alexander Hamilton
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Lawyer,
Secretary,
Soldier,
Statesman,
Thinker)
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About:
Belief,
God,
People
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Keywords:
maxim,
quoted,
The Voice of the People,
true to,
turbulent
«The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can touch»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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Inventor,
Philosopher,
Printer,
Scientist,
Statesman,
Writer)
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Keywords:
Dutch,
maxim,
save-all,
the Dutch,
thrifty,
warier,
wary
«When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted»
«We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice»
«The maxim of the British people is Business as usual.»