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n. (plural of maxim English)
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The titles Maxims I (Sometimes referred to as three separate poems, Maxims I, A, B and C) and Maxims II refer to pieces of Old English gnomic poetry. The poem Maxims I can be found in the Exeter Book and Maxims II is located in a lesser known manuscript, London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B i. Maxims I and Maxims II are classified as wisdom poetry, being both influenced by wisdom literature, such as the Psalms and Proverbs of the Old Testament scriptures. Although they are separate poems of diverse contents, they have been given a shared name because the themes throughout each poem are similar.
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Or Sentences and Moral Maxims by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld Copyright laws are changing all over the world.
Though so often translated, there is not a complete English edition of the Maxims and Reflections.
All the translations are confined exclusively to the Maxims, none include the Reflections.
This may be accounted for, from the fact that most of the translations are taken from the old editions of the Maxims, in which the Reflections do not appear.
So much was this the case, that Maxims which had been rejected by Rochefoucauld in his last edition, were still retained in the body of the work.
Martin in 1827 published an edition of the Maxims and Reflections which has ever since been the standard text of Rochefoucauld in France.
They were first published with the Maxims in an edition by Gabriel Brotier.
While the Reflections, in which the thoughts in the Maxims are extended and elaborated, now appear in English for the first time.
Our most celebrated, Lord Bacon, has, by his other works, so surpassed his maxims, that their fame is, to a great measure, obscured.
Francois, the second Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marsillac, the author of the maxims, was one of the most illustrious members of the most illustrious families among the French noblesse.
His little book of maxims, which I would advise you to look into for some moments at least every day of your life, is, I fear, too like and too exact a picture of human nature.
The first edition contained 316 maxims, counting the last upon death, which was not numbered.
This edition included fifty new maxims, attributed by the editor to Rochefoucauld.
The great popularity of the Maxims is perhaps best shown from the numerous translations that have been made of them.
Another proof that although these maxims are in some cases of universal application, they were based entirely on the experience of the age in which the author lived.