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• Maxims, Arabic
• Maxims -- Early works to 1800
• Early works to 1800

• Waṣāyā-yi Ḥaḍrat ʻAlī riḍá Allāh ʻanhu li-ibnihi Muḥammad Ḥanafīyah : manuscript, [early 16th cent.] (1500), by Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Majmūʻat rasāʼil, ca. 1155, i.e. 1743]. ([Istanbul], in the 1740s), by active 1742 ʻUthmān ibn Muṣṭafá Karāmah, Mehmet Esat Efendi, Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá Ibn Aṣbagh, Muḥammad ibn Qāsim Amāsī, and ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad Thaʻālibī (page images at HathiTrust)
• متن التلخيص (in the 1780s), by Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, J. Heyworth-Dunne, Sulaymān ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Bujayrimī, Yūsuf ibn Abī Bakr Sakkākī, and Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Qazwīnī (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Tarjamat aṭwāq al-dhahab fī al-mawāʻiẓ wa-al-khaṭb. (Dār al-Ṭibāʻah al-ʻĀmirah, 1873), by Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar Zamakhsharī (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aṭbāq al-dhahab (al-Maṭbaʻah al-Adabīyah, 1891), by ʻAbd al-Muʼmin ibn Hibat Allāh Shufurvah Iṣfahānī and YuÌ„suf ibn IsmaÌ„Ê»iÌ„l NabhaÌ„niÌ„ (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emsal-i Ali, mütercimi: (Matbaa-i Ebü'z-Ziya, 1891), by Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib and Muallim Naci (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cevahir-i çiharyar ve emsal-i kibar (Matbaa-yı İhve Maruni, 1909), by Manastırlı Mehmet Rifat (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hādhā Kitāb Nawābigh al-ḥikam (Maṭbaʻat ʻAlī Sukkar, 1908), by Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Wādī Abū al-Hudá al-Ṣayyādī (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sententiae Ali ben Abi Taleb, arabice et persice, e codice manuscripto vimariensi. (Sumtibus Croeckerianis, 1834), by Johann Gustav Stickel and Caliph A͡lī ibn Abī Tālib (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rawḍ al-akhyār al-muntakhab min Rabīʻ al-abrār fī ʻilm al-muḥāḍarāt fī anwāʻ al-muḥāwarāt min al-ʻulūm al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-funūn al-adabīyah. (Ḥusayn al-Ṭarābulusī, 1862), by Muḥammad ibn Qāsim Amāsī and Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar Zamakhsharī (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amthāl ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. (Sumtibus Croeckerianis, 1834), by Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib and Johann Gustav Stickel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kitāb aṭwāq al-dhahab fī al-mawāʻiẓ wa-al-khuṭab (Imprimerie nationale, 1876), by Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar Zamakhsharī and C. Barbier de Meynard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aṭbāq al-dhahab (s.n., 1864], 1864), by ʻAbd al-Muʼmin ibn Hibat Allāh Iṣfahānī (page images at HathiTrust)
• Samachschari's Goldene Halsbänder (Gedrucktbey A. Strauss's sel. Witwe, 1835), by Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar Zamakhsharī and Joseph Hammer-Purgstall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Atwāq al-dhahab. ([Cairo], 1910), by Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar Zamakhsharī (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emsal-i Ali (880-05 Kostantiniye : Matbaa-yı Ebüzziya, 1307 [1891 or 1892], 1891), by Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib and Muallim Naci (page images at HathiTrust)
• al-Kilam al-rūḥānīyah min al-ḥkam al-Yūnānīyah (880-03 Miṣr : Maṭbaʻat al-Taraqqī, 1318 H. = 1900 M., 1900), by Abū al-Faraj ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Ibn Hindū and Muṣṭafá Qabbānī (page images at HathiTrust)
• Naẓarāt al-ḥukamāʼ : wa-hiya kalimāt mukhtārah min nawābigh al-falāsifah wa-al-kuttāb wa-al-shuʻarāʼ fī shūʼūn al-ḥayāt ([Maṭbaʻat Muḥammad Muḥammad Maṭar, 1900), by ʻAbd al-ʻĀl Aḥmad Ḥamdān (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kitāb al-Dhakhāʼir wa-al-aʻlāq fī ādāb al-nufūs wa-makārim al-akhlāq (al-Maṭbaʻah al-Wahhābīyah, 1880), by Sallām ibn ʻAbd Allāh Bāhilī (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aṭbāq al-dhahab. (1727), by ʻAbd al-Muʼmin ibn Hibat Allāh Shufurvah Iṣfahānī, Aḥmad ibn Maḥmūd ibn 'Alī al-Khuwī, and Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology (page images at HathiTrust)
• al-Kalim al-rūhạ̄nīyah fī al-hịkam al-Yūnānīyah (Matḅaʻat al-Taraqqá, 1900), by Abū al-Faraj ʻAlī ibn al-Hụsayn Ibn Hindū and Musṭạfá al-Qabbānī Dimashqī (page images at HathiTrust)

• Aphorisms on Man (second edition; London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. Johnson, 1789), by Johann Caspar Lavater, ed. by Henry Fuseli (page images at HathiTrust)
• La langue : on connoistra en quoi consiste l'utilité de cet ouvrage, par la lecture des avertissemens qui le précedent (Chez Urbain Coustellier ... :, 1707), by Laurent Bordelon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vermischte unphysiognomische Regeln zur Menschen und Selbstkenntniss (s.n.], 1789), by Johann Caspar Lavater (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'école des mœurs, ou, Réflexions morales et historiques sur les maximes de la sagesse (chez Bruyset, Ainé, 1804), by Jean-Baptiste-Xavier Duchesne Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'economia della vita umana (E. Bliss ed E. White, 1824), by Robert Dodsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Furetierana, ou Les bons mots et les remarques : d'histoire, de morale, de critique, de plaisanteries, & d'erudition, (Chez Pierre Ribou, Quay des Augustins, à la descente du Pont Neuf, à l'image S. Louis., 1704), by Antoine Furetière, Pierre-Jacques Ribou, and Jean Dehénault (page images at HathiTrust)
• The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone ... : With decorations ... (Printed by H. S. Woodfall for J. Dodsley, 1773), by William Shenstone and Robert Dodsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facetie, motti, & bvrle, di diversi signori et persone private (Appresso Domenico Farri., 1581), by Dominicus de Farris, Thomaso Porcacchi, and Lodovico Domenichi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Apothegmas qve son dichos graciosos y notables de muchos reyes y principes illustres (En la enseña del vnicornio dora do en casa de Martin Nucio, 1549), by Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Nuyts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maximas christianas : con adicciones muy importantes (En la oficina de la viuda de Manuel Fernandez, 1760), by Giovanni Battista Manni (page images at HathiTrust)
• The economy of human life (T. Evans, 1827), by Robert Dodsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The holy state. (Printed by R.D. for John Williams ..., 1648), by Thomas Fuller, John Williams, and Roger Daniel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The holy state (Printed by R.D.[aniel] for John Williams, 1652), by Thomas Fuller, John Williams, and Roger Daniel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Il cancellieri del Doni. (Appresso Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1562), by Anton Francesco Doni and Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari (page images at HathiTrust)
• Staats- und Sitten-Lehren (Franckfurth : Verlegts Martin Hermssdorff, 1684., 1684), by Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro, Johannes Haass, and Martin Hermssdorff (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni: The Oldest Books in the World, by Ptahhotep and Kagemna, trans. by Battiscombe G. Gunn (Gutenberg ebook)
• Most holy and profitable sayings of that reverend divine, Doctor Tho. Goodwin Who departed this life, Feb. 23. 1679/80. ([London : s.n., 1680]), by Thomas Goodwin (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Characters of the virtues & vices of the age, or, Moral reflections, maxims, and thoughts upon men and manners translated from the most refined French wits ... and extracted from the most celebrated English writers ... : digested alphabetically under proper titles / by A. Boyer, Gent. (London : Printed for Abel Roper, E. Wilkinson, and Roger Clavell ..., 1695), by Abel Boyer (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Nocturnall lucubrations: or Meditations divine and morall Whereunto are added epigrams and epitaphs: written by Rob: Chamberlain of Exeter Colledge in Oxford. (London : Printed by M[iles] F[lesher] for Daniel Frere, at the signe of the Red Bull in Little-Brittaine, 1638), by Robert Chamberlain (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Look abovt you now or never or, Two groats-worth of good councel for a penny. ([London] : Imprinted for G. Horton, [1654]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Look abovt yov or, A groatsworth of good councel for a peny : being variety of councels, cautions, caveats, and directions : which, as they are necessary for young-men; so they are not to be rejected by old-men. (London : Printed for G. Horton, 1654) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Politeuphuia VVits common wealth. ([London] : Printed by I. R[oberts] for Nicholas Ling, and are to bee solde at the vvest doore of Paules, 1598), by fl. 1580-1607 N. L. (Nicholas Ling) and John Bodenham (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Some fruits of solitude in reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life. Licens'd, May 24. 1693. (London : printed for Thomas Northcott, in George-Yard in Lombard-Street, 1693), by William Penn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Enchiridion (London : printed for R.F., 1644), by Francis Quarles (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Propositioni overo considerationi in materia di cose di stato. Book 1. English. (At London : Printed by Edward Allde, dwelling without Cripple-gate at the signe of the gilded Cuppe, Octobris. 28. 1590), by Robert Hitchcock and Francesco Sansovino (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Collection of moral maxims and reflections. (London : printed for J. Eaglesfield, at the Marigold over against the Globe-Tavern in Fleet-Street, 1686), by Roman Catholick (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Stoical maximes. (London : printed by Ja: Cotterel, for R. Robinson, neer Grays Inne-gate in Holborn, 1674), by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg and J. D. (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The raptures of a flaming spirit. Being a directory, wherein methodically is contained the several parts of prayer. With select expressions for the performance of the duty. As the author useth to express himself before and after his sermons. By Nico. Pearson. &c. (London : printed by Tho. James for the author, and are to be sold by Robert Clavel and Richard Jones, at the Peacock in St. Paul's Churchyard, and the White Horse in Little Britain, 1682), by Nicolas Pearson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Honey-comb to refresh weary travellers. (London : printed for John Marshall at the Bible in Grace Church-street, 1700. Where you may be supplied with most of Dr. Owen's, Mr. Mead's, and Mr. Bunyan's work and effigies, [1700]), by George Liddell (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Instruction morale d'un père à son fils. English (London : printed for W. Crook, at the Green Dragon withour Temple-Bar, near Devereaux Court, 1683), by Philippe Sylvestre Dufour (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The country-mans nevv common-wealth. Being an exact epitome of many witty sentences, pithy sayings, quaint observations, both divine and morall. Partly collected and gathered out of the best approved authors, both moderne and domesticke. Intended for private use, but thought fit to be published for the good of all. (London : Printed for Richard Harper, and are to be sold at his shop at the Bible and Harpe in Smithfield, 1647) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Mr. Janeway's sayings not long before his death. (London, : printed by A. Purslow, 1674), by James Janeway (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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