Prudent Quotes

188 quotes by 155 authors

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. — Francis Bacon
With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts. — Joseph Addison
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation. — Pearl S. Buck
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. — Edmund Burke
It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens… — James Madison
A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities of their bow… — Niccolo Machiavelli
A prince... must learn from the fox and the lion... One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made… — Niccolo Machiavelli
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious. — Sun Tzu
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. — Jean de La Fontaine
Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth… — Pope John XXIII
The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own; for wheresoever a person seeketh his own,… — Thomas a Kempis
If you would serve your brother it is fit for you to serve him, do not take back your words when you find that prudent… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is neither safe nor prudent to do anything against conscience. — Martin Luther
Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just. — Michel de Montaigne
Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed. — Ambrose Bierce
Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control. — Democritus
Chance generally favors the prudent. — Joseph Joubert
Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root. — Robert Burns

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