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What is maxim?

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A proverb or short rule of conduct.

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What is a maxim?
maxim (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)
What are maxims?
A maxim is essentially a short, easily remembered expression of a basic principle or general truth... maybe even a rule of conduct.
Who was Cadet Maxim?
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An example of Maxim?
I. Heroic Couplets from Alexander Pope (1688-1744) 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure...