Defeated Quote by Henry Fielding

Such is the condition of life that something is always wanting to happiness. In youth we have warm hopes, which are soon blasted by…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked.

— Henry Fielding

Prudence is a duty which we owe ourselves, and if we will be so much our own enemies as to neglect it, we are…

— Henry Fielding

A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake,…

— Henry Fielding

“When those we love are in question, our prudence invents every sort of madness.”

— Victor Hugo

“[Fiscal prudence] means spending wisely, reducing waste, collecting sufficient taxes to pay for the public goods and services we want, keeping budgets in relative…

— Alex Himelfarb

Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.

— Francis Bacon

Old age likes to dwell in the recollections of the past, and, mistaking, the speedy march of years, often is inclined to take the…

— Lajos Kossuth

The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of thegreat.

— Edmund Burke

I hate to see prudence clinging to the green suckers of youth; 'tis like ivy round a sapling, and spoils the growth of the…

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just…

— Thucydides