Prudence Quotes
237 quotes by 170 authors
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Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand,…
— Clara Barton
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Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.
— William Blake
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Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
— Aesop
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If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
— Omar N. Bradley
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Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Prudence approaches, conscience accuses.
— Immanuel Kant
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Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just go…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Nevertheless, he must be cautious in believing and acting, and must not inspire fear of his own accord, and must proceed in a temperate manner…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the…
— Charles de Gaulle
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Invulnerable to time, dedicated to the messianic happiness of thinking for us, knowing that we knew that he would not take any decision for us…
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
— Edmund Burke
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Self-denial is not a virtue; it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.
— George Bernard Shaw
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
— Henry Fielding
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Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.
— Jonathan Swift
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It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.
— Samuel Johnson
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An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.
— Baltasar Gracian
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Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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