Prudence Quotes

237 quotes by 170 authors

I mention this only to shew that the citations of the most judicious authors frequently deceive us, and consequently that prudence obliges us to examine… — Pierre Bayle
Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the… — Nicolas Chamfort
He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Magnanimity will not consider the prudence of its motives. — Luc de Clapiers
Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. — Samuel Johnson
Vices are ingredients of virtues just as poisons are ingredients of remedies. Prudence mixes and tempers them and uses them effectively against life's ills. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond. — Andre Maurois
It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other will be a… — Ovid
A man who raises himself by degrees to wealth and power, contracts, in the course of this protracted labor, habits of prudence and restraint which… — Alexis de Tocqueville
A miscalculation is not negligence, nor prudence a crime. I am a scientist. I base my action or inaction upon probability and evidence. There is… — Rick Yancey
It is well to moor your bark with two anchors. — Publilius Syrus
In order to try whether a vessel be leaky, we first prove it with water before we trust it with wine. — Charles Caleb Colton
When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent. — Andre Gide
Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and… — Samuel Johnson
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place. — John Milton
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares. — Sophocles
A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a good deal of… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience. — Francesco Guicciardini
The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing else to recommend her but… — Edward Dahlberg

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