Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often… — E. F. Benson Copy Share Image
Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help… — Francesco Guicciardini Copy Share Image
Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Selfish prudence is too often allowed to come between duty and human life. — Rebecca Lee Crumpler Copy Share Image
Whereas young people become accomplished in geometry and mathematics, and wise within these limits, prudent young people do not seem to be… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The emperor of the East was no longer guided by the wisdom and authority of his elder brother, whose death happened towards… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The rebel ought not be found in the pirates chest, tis caution that should beat in every horrible mess. — Grass Hopper Copy Share Image
Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
Life is always uncertain, and common prudence dictates to every man the necessity of settling his temporal concerns, while it is in… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Swift calls discretion low prudence; it is high prudence, and one of the most important elements entering into either social or political… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared. To preserve… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
It is a great presumption to ascribe our successes to our own management, and not to esteem ourselves upon any blessing, rather… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others.… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
The ordinary saying is, Count money after your father; so the same prudence adviseth to measure the ends of all counsels, though… — Frances Osborne 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
Prudence never kindled a fire in the human mind; I have no hope for conservation born of fear. — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Want is a bitter and a hateful good, Because its virtues are not understood; Yet many things, impossible to thought, Have been… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
