Maxim
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"Weak people cannot be sincere" --François de La Rochefoucauld |

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.
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See also
- 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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