Those authors are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Low inflation and government prudence may be harmful for economic development. — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
“Common sense, common care, common prudence, were all sunk in Mrs. Dashwood's romantic delicacy.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
An enemy will train us in watchfulness; for if he be wary to seize on every error and trip us, we shall… — James Vila Blake Copy Share Image
Generosity is also an act of freedom, a casting off of the constraints of prudence and self-interest. — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence… — Marvin Olasky Copy Share Image
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
There are women named Faith, Hope, Joy, and Prudence. Why not Despair, Guilt, Rage, and Grief? It seems only right. 'Tom, I'd… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of thegreat. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“When it seems the gods demand a sacrifice, patience and prudence always promote a well-thought stronger response over an in-the-moment reaction.” — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reasoning and analysis, but first of all… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
It is a common thing for men to benumb their own arms, and make them as dead and useless by leaning too… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Foresight is good when it is subject to the latter, but it becomes excessive when we are in a hurry to avoid… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Prudence is what makes someone a great commodities trader - the capacity to face reality squarely in the eye without allowing emotion… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Natural men’s prudence and care to preserve their own lives, or the care of others to preserve them, don’t secure ’em a… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
If you are under obligations to many, it is prudent to postpone the recompensing of one, until it be in your power… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
People, the common people, can genuinely see what I'm doing. Moreover, people know that I have adopted four principles in living my… — Abdul Sattar Edhi Copy Share Image
My mother took too much, a great deal too much, care of me; she over-educated, over-instructed, over-dosed me with premature lessons of… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
The longer I live, the more I am certified that men, in all that relates to their own health, have not common… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Gideon could not imagine any other young unmarried woman of his acquaintance passing up the opportunity to snare, if not himself, then… — Anne Gracie Copy Share Image
“Coward,” Prudence shouted from the top of the steps. Sebastian saw several people stop and turn to stare in shock at the… — Amanda Quick Copy Share Image
Such is the condition of life that something is always wanting to happiness. In youth we have warm hopes, which are soon… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Webster never goes behind government, and so cannot speak with authority about it. His words are wisdom to those legislators who contemplate… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There is no talent so useful toward rising in the world, or which puts men more out of the reach of fortune,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image