<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Prudence - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[He is a dangerous fellow, keep clear of him. (That is: he has hay on his horns, showing he is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51976]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a dangerous fellow, keep clear of him. (That is: he has hay on his horns, showing he is dangerous.) [Lat., Faenum habet in cornu, longe fuge.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first years of man must make provision for the last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51977]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first years of man must make provision for the last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that fights and runs away will live to fight another day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51978]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that fights and runs away will live to fight another day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can't get diseasesof Mad Chicken or Mad Pigby eating tomatoes oralmonds or figs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51979]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can't get diseasesof Mad Chicken or Mad Pigby eating tomatoes oralmonds or figs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51981]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51982]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51983]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered. [Ger., Wer sich nicht nach der ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51971]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered. [Ger., Wer sich nicht nach der Decke streckt,  Dem bleiben die Fusse unbedeckt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better is to bow than breake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better is to bow than breake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good the have a hatch before the durre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51973]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good the have a hatch before the durre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yee have many strings to your bowe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yee have many strings to your bowe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51975]]></link><description><![CDATA[So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for future possibility or chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51964]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Precaution is better than cure. [Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Precaution is better than cure. [Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to her cloth she cut her coat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51966]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to her cloth she cut her coat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . Therefore I am wel pleased to take any coulor to defend your honour and hope you wyl ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51967]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . Therefore I am wel pleased to take any coulor to defend your honour and hope you wyl remember that who seaketh two strings to one bowe, he may shute strong but never strait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51968]]></link><description><![CDATA[For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look before you ere you leap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look before you ere you leap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis true no lover has that pow'r T' enforce a desperate amour,  As he that has two strings t' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51960]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis true no lover has that pow'r T' enforce a desperate amour,  As he that has two strings t' his bow,   And burns for love and money too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us not throw the rope after the bucket. [Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us not throw the rope after the bucket. [Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Archers ever Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid  (Archer of archers both in men and women), ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Archers ever Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid  (Archer of archers both in men and women),   Be worse provided than a common archer?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your loins be girded about, and your light burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your loins be girded about, and your light burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the stag, and afterwards, when he has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51958]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the stag, and afterwards, when he has been caught, to skin him. [Lat., Et vulgariter dicitur, quod primun oportet cervum capere, et postea, cum captus fuerit, illum excoriare.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51951]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many. [Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51953]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many. [Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always good When a man has two irons in the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51954]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always good When a man has two irons in the fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51955]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51947]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51945]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good nature without prudence, is foolishness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good nature without prudence, is foolishness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51944</guid></item></channel></rss>