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Prudence Quotes by Jonathan Swift
- Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.
- The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.
- The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable; for the happy impute all their success to prudence and merit
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