Thursday, 18 February 2021

Nuggets of Gold

A Maxim is a short, easily remembered expression of a basic principle, general truth or rule of conduct. Maxims are universal and testify to the commonality of human existence. Because maxims touch upon universal truths about life, they are looked upon as apparent wisdom, and they win ready assent from the audience. Some people call them nuggets of gold.

Display your knowledge of maxims in your speech, and your audience will look upon you as 18 k gold. You are start with today’s selection.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. - Hada Bejar

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. - Elizabeth Kenny

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy. - Von Clausewitz

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. - Aristotle

It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart. - Al Pacino

Though this be madness, yet there is method in it. - William Shakespeare

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw. - Henry Havelock Ellis

Put away sorrow like a shoe that is worn out and muddy. - J. M. Synge

It’s but little good you’ll do awatering the last year’s crop. - George Eliot

Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it. - Benjamin Rush

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm. - Thomas Fuller

Like weather, one’s fortune may change by the evening. - Confucius

It is so hard when we have to, and so easy when we want to. - Unknown

The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. - Norman Cousins

If you would persuade, speak of interest, not reason. - Benjamin Franklin

The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray. - Robert Ingersoll

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it. - Thomas Fuller

Moving fast is not the same as going somewhere. - Dr. Robert Anthony

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. - Niccolo Machiavelli

Barking dogs seldom bite. - Unknown

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