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- | [[Image:The Heart Has Its Reasons by Odilon Redon.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing]]'' (c. 1887) by [[Odilon Redon]], a [[dictum]] from the ''[[Pensées]]'' (1669) by [[Blaise Pascal]]]] | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
+ | | style="text-align: left;" | "[[Weak people cannot be sincere]]" --François de La Rochefoucauld | ||
+ | |}[[Image:The Heart Has Its Reasons by Odilon Redon.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing]]'' (c. 1887) by [[Odilon Redon]], a [[dictum]] from the ''[[Pensées]]'' (1669) by [[Blaise Pascal]]]] | ||
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A '''maxim''' is a [[succinct]] [[statement]] or [[observation]] of a [[fundamental]] [[principle]], [[general]] [[truth]], or [[rule]] of [[conduct]]. | A '''maxim''' is a [[succinct]] [[statement]] or [[observation]] of a [[fundamental]] [[principle]], [[general]] [[truth]], or [[rule]] of [[conduct]]. | ||
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*''[[Pensées]]'' by [[Blaise Pascal]] | *''[[Pensées]]'' by [[Blaise Pascal]] | ||
*''[[Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]]'' by French writer [[François de La Rochefoucauld (writer) |François de La Rochefoucauld]] | *''[[Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]]'' by French writer [[François de La Rochefoucauld (writer) |François de La Rochefoucauld]] | ||
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A maxim is a succinct statement or observation of a fundamental principle, general truth, or rule of conduct.
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- Maxim (philosophy), a principle that an individual uses in making a decision
- Maxim (literature), a type of aphorism
- Maxim (saying), a saying
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- Pensées by Blaise Pascal
- Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by French writer François de La Rochefoucauld
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