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Prudence Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.
- If you are under obligations to many, it is prudent to postpone the recompensing of one, until it be in your power to remunerate all;…
- In order to try whether a vessel be leaky, we first prove it with water before we trust it with wine.
- There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
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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… — Clara Barton
- Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. — William Blake
- Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture… — Aesop
- If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. — Omar N. Bradley
- Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Prudence approaches, conscience accuses. — Immanuel Kant
- Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- Nevertheless, he must be cautious in believing and acting, and must not inspire fear of his own accord, and must proceed in… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
- Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of… — Charles de Gaulle