maxim，admonition，exhortation，apothegm，gnome ；

[例句] 我相信这样一条箴言：“不破不修”。 I believe in the maxim "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

[例句] 我相信这样一条箴言：“不破不修”。 I believe in the maxim 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.

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