Here'm what we got so far, collected so Faldage can keep em and everyone else can let the old thread die it needed killin'!

"It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right" quoth tsuwm in Mark Twain’s words.

So a small challenge if anyone cares to try:

Make up a maxim which has no obvious meaning yet preferably sounds like it should have one, hovering just out of our grasp!

Strive never to create any formula or rules by which to live. Belligerent Youth
Only the unexamined life is worth living. wwh
There is more to be found in a cloud than in all the works of man. Faldage
It's a legless dog that leaves no tracks. maverick
Beware of chickens in the woods. Jackie
A good friend makes a bad enemy Flatlander
He who goeth before a fall casts pride before swine. AnnaStrophic
A penny saved is a waste of time. wwh
He is the fool who tries to outrun the sound of light. Jazzoctopus
A young yak won't catch a rattlesnake. Bingley
Sense does not chicken. doc comfort
Out of the frying pan, into the microwave. Rhubarb Commando
A maxim is what you make it. WhitmanO’Neill
Anastrophically, a maxim. Max Quordlepleen
One should not use the shotgun approach to creating maxims. TEd Remington
A maxim in nine saves time ... Capital Kiwi
If at first you don't succeed, suc harder. Geoff
My calendar has many tassels. Faldage
Too many lemons flatten the checkbook. Consuelo
Men flatten earth, women flatten worth. TeresaG
Be not the butter monger, spreading affection abroad in varicose embrace inselpeter
If twineing don't fibble, if fibbling don't twine. milum
The bird of time has but a short way to flutter. milum
Three cumquats do not a webbed foot make. inselpeter
Tell not the blind man selling jellies in the market the sound of passing boys is mischief. inselpeter
It's better to suck a sour cherry than carry an empty envelope on your back. maverick
Twice naught is plenty. inselpeter
A bird in the thyme saves nine. Keiva
The speedy spider spins a long thread but throws a short shadow. maverick
Falling stars give grape moments. Jackie
Days pasted can't be wasted. inselpeter
cat fights reach lowly heights. inselpeter

(though personally I would disqualify a couple on the grounds they are far too close to being THE TRUTH)

Thanks, mav. I already had all of them except Rock Island's last. I'll add it to the collexion. I agree about the potential for disqualification but decided to hold off on that until the list is complete.
And I agree about that, too.
I suppose we should set some cut off date. My feeling is that judging these can be an activity at the Wordapalooza (You need not be present to win!!).

Coming to this late, I offer two contributions:
1. A soft answer turneth away morning.
2. A wife who would rule her husband is like a hedgehog between two mushrooms.

Hey, this wasn't set up as a contest! If it becomes one, I'm withdrawing my suggestions right now! GRR!

Misogyny is soup for a Chinese woman.

A contest entered is a friend scorned. Jackie

Jackie's withdrawing her suggestions right now!

So noted, Jackie. But I only found one.

Originally, I said:

"It's a legless dog that leaves no tracks. maverick

That's my vote. Short, simple, literally true, yet meaningless."



But then, I thought, "The legless dog goes nowhere, thus leaving no tracks, therefore 'Only those who go nowhere leave no impression,' is literally true, and it possesses a deeper meaning."

Hmmm...this does get complicated.

Competition and confession think inside the same bun!

Lime is a green tasting rock.
A cloud is a high flying fog.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
What's the differences between a duck? One of his legs are both the same.

can't claim that i penned any of these, but alas....


EDIT: i changed this a little because i got the cloud quote wrong. it's a cloud is, not clouds are. it tastes better this way anyway :)

"The more things stay the same, the less they change."

He who lives in the past shouldn't eat apples.

The warmest wind can chill an elbow.