Prudent Man Quotes

12 quotes by 10 authors

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
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
So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which… — Aristotle
It is a fool only, and not the philosopher, nor even the prudent man, that will live as if there were no God... Were a… — Thomas Paine
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck. A good character, good habits… — Joseph Addison
To throw in a fair game at Hazards only three-spots, when something great is at stake, or some business is the hazard, is a natural… — Gerolamo Cardano
A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied. — Baltasar Gracian
Thus it happens in matters of state; for knowing afar off (which it is only given a prudent man to do) the evils that are… — Niccolo Machiavelli
A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. — Henry Ward Beecher
Sufficiency in thought makes a prudent man wants nothing. — Dr Jankada

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