Prudence Quotes

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These principles with due regard to time and place, must, in accordance with Christian prudence, be applied to all schools, particularly in the most delicate… — Pope Pius XI
These symbolize (Proverbs 30:14) the greedy and usurers whose teeth are swords and knifes which they use to devour the poor and steal their megger… — Anthony of Padua
There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell, and… — Edward Whymper
I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared... We must not let our… — Thomas Jefferson
PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and… — Ambrose Bierce
Whereas young people become accomplished in geometry and mathematics, and wise within these limits, prudent young people do not seem to be found. The reason… — Aristotle
You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character. — Luc de Clapiers
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host… — Sakya Pandita
Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold, a nimble, a… — Thomas Sprat
We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and… — Origen
I hold it to be of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words towards any one, for neither the one nor… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not… — Samuel Johnson
Modern religious teaching have little or nothing to say about the place of prudence in life or in the hierarchy of virtues. — Josef Pieper
There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ...… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of… — Mary Wortley Montagu
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years. — Molly Ivins
Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor's hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people his creative purposes.… — Constantin Stanislavski
Freemasonry teaches not merely temperance, fortitude, prudence, justice, brotherly love, relief, and truth, but liberty, equality, and fraternity, and it denounces ignorance, superstition, bigotry, lust… — Theodore Roosevelt
Be wise; let prudence dictate all your counsels; preserve peace with all men, if possible; stand by the Constitution of your country; observe its principles;… — Joseph Smith, Jr.

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