“Without doubt, prudence is a virtue. As the Ashanti say, ‘No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.” — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
Prudence is the virtue of the senses. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson 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
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
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place. — John Milton Copy Share Image
A man improves more by reading the story of a person eminent for prudence and virtue, than by the finest rules and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The business of the biographer is often to pass slightly over those performances and incidents which produce vulgar greatness, to lead the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
[Prudence] is the virtue of that part of the intellect [the calculative] to which it belongs; and . . . our choice… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“The king takes a deep ragged breath. He's been shouting. Now – and it's a narrow thing – he decides to laugh.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image