But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in… — Robert Peel Copy Share Image
A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton 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
“I debated whether to tell them I had long since abandoned my writing career and moved into radishes and fraud, but decided… — Susan Juby Copy Share Image
Place three individuals in a situation wherein the interest of each depends on the voice of the others, and give to two… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I know few significant questions of public policy which can safely be confided to computers. In the end, the hard decisions inescapably… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We are prudent people. We are afraid to let go of our petty reality in order to grasp at a great shadow. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Embellish the soul with simplicity, with prudence, and everything which is neither virtuous nor vicious. Love all men. Walk according to God;… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“At court you must say less than you think and only speak as much of the truth as will do you good.” — Lynn Flewelling Copy Share Image
“There are a thousand circumstances in which a man may be justified in a particular course of action, and that course yet… — James Malcolm Rymer Copy Share Image
But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Even in the era of AIDS, sex raises no unique moral issues at all. Decisions about sex may involve considerations about honesty,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.] — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Christians, indeed, have a special obligation not to forget how great and how inextinguishable the human proclivity for violence is, or how… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
And as to the faculties of the mind, setting aside the arts grounded upon words, and especially that skill of proceeding upon… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Be prudent, and if you hear, * * * some insult or some threat, * * * have the appearance of not hearing it. — George Sand Copy Share Image
“My definition of Theology My proverb of theology is a doctrine study of overall foundation of biblical notions, transcendence, an scriptures relativist,… — John Shelton Jones Copy Share Image
In Virgil's account of the good housewife, who rises early in order to measure out the work of the household, and in… — Julia Ward Howe Copy Share Image
Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Self-denial is not a virtue; it is only the effect of prudence on rascality. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
