"Time is money" or "money is power" (5)

I believe the answer is:

maxim

(Other definitions for maxim that I've seen before include "Gorky saw" , "Short pithy statement" , "Short pithy saying" , "Principle-first machine gun" , "Brief expression of a general principle" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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