Advantage Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Cleverness becomes a public nuisance.

— Oscar Wilde

Circumstances don't always align themselves with human intention.

— Kristin Cashore

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

— Anonymous

.. that a rule, which, in speculation, may seem the most advantageous to society, may yet be found, in practice, totally pernicious and destructive.

— David Hume

A lot of people approach risk as if it's the enemy when it's really fortune's accomplice.

— Sting

Causes have a way of tainting your reason until a person takes much bigger risks than sanity would otherwise allow.

— Brandon Mull

Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave.

— Howard Raiffa

When fortune smiles at you take advantage

— Russyb

To utilize advantage to disadvantage, is to avoid responsibility and reality

— Sabian Mark Henry De Long

I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Dependence goes somewhat against the grain of a generous mind; and it is no wonder that it should do so, considering the unreasonable advantage…

— Jeremy Collier

Everybody is trying to take advantage of situations, and if you don't take advantage of a situation, you get taken advantage of by somebody…

— Chase Elliott