Determine Quote by Darynda Jones

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.

— Baltasar Gracian

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude is, in one sense, overcome

— George Santayana

Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.

— Jonathan Swift

“But a man is not often found sufficiently circumspect to know how to accommodate himself to the change, both because he cannot deviate from…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

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 complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

He wished he could relieve himself of his doubts and guilts half as easily.

— Anonymous

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude itself is, in one sense, overcome.

— George Santayana

Now the pessimist proper is the most modest of men. ... under no circumstances does he presume to imagine that he, a mere unit…

— Agnes Repplier

“He's thought he was willing to do anything in order to get what he wanted, what was right for his kind. He'd been certain…

— Linda Howard

He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.

— Plutarch

A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.

— Sophocles