Prudence Quotes

237 quotes by 165 authors

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the… — Blaise Pascal
Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.' — Francis Quarles
Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast. — William Shakespeare
The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. — Jonathan Swift
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and… — Mark Twain
I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence. — Lech Walesa
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning. — Jane Austen
The Calormens have dark faces and long beards. They wear flowing robes and orange-colored turbans, and they are a wise, wealthy, courteous, cruel and ancient… — C.S. Lewis
Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the name of common… — Oscar Wilde
All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition… — Niccolo Machiavelli
You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself… — Khaled Hosseini
I have in my own life merely carried to the extreme that which you have never ventured to carry even halfway ; and what's more,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
There are women named Faith, Hope, Joy, and Prudence. Why not Despair, Guilt, Rage, and Grief? It seems only right. 'Tom, I'd like you to… — George Carlin
I was wishing I was invisible. Outside, the leaves were falling to the ground, and I was infinitely sad, sad down to my bones. I… — Sharon Creech
What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. — Adam Smith
What have we given? My friend, blood shaking my heart The awful daring of a moment's surrender Which an age of prudence can never retract… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Cheating is a sin, but honest cunning is simply prudence. It is a virtue. To be sure, it has a likeness to roguery, but that… — Giacomo Casanova
Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart? — Jane Austen
In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know… — William Hazlitt
Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him. — Khaled Hosseini

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