Translation for "a maxim" to italian

A maxim

• una massima

Translation examples

una massima

- I, too, have a maxim, Eminence.
Anch'io ho una massima, Eminenza.

It was a maxim of Captain Swosser... speaking in his naval figurative manner, that "if you only have a plank to swab, you should swab it as if Davy Jones were after you."
Era una massima del Capitano Swosser. Parlando con la sua retorica navale, "Se devi pulire il ponte, lo devi pulire come se Davy Jones ti stesse addosso".