"Distrust and caution are the parents of security." — Benjamin Franklin
"Distrust and caution are the parents of security."
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Benjamin Franklin
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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin has 1,166 quotes on this site.
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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
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Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we…
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Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of…
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[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution…
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It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped
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I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a…
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Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for…
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Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
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Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One today is…
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It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be…
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It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
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More Caution Quotes
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one of 354 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
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Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.
— Russell Baker
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
— Joseph Addison
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Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
— Alfred Adler
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I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.
— Wernher von Braun
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Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does…
— Lydia M. Child
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Some people like to live without too much risk. They're satisfied leading a safe existence. This attitude of caution infiltrates…
— Tom Platz
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When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident…
— Horace
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If the past is not resolved, future relationships will suffer. Let your heart heal, before you open the door to…
— Leon Brown
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If mankind is to profit freely from the small and sporadic crop of the heroically gifted it produces, it will…
— Wilfred Trotter
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Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
— Charles Caleb Colton
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