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Six example sentences with maxim, each labelled with its topic.
Measure twice, cut once is the sort of maxim nobody argues with because experience keeps proving it.
Philosophy
Hire slowly and fire quickly became a maxim in that office, printed on a card above the copier.
Business
Salt as you go, not at the end, is a maxim every line cook repeats to new hires.
Cooking
Buy low and sell high is a maxim every investor repeats and almost nobody manages to follow.
Finance
Ignorance of the law is no excuse remains a maxim that judges cite whenever a defendant claims not to have known.
Law
Defense wins championships is a maxim the coach paints on the locker room wall before every playoff run.
Basketball
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