Edges Quote by Mason Cooley

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.

— Ben Jonson

Prudence therefore consists in knowing how to distinguish degrees of disadvantage.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“IN MY VIEW…IT IS BETTER TO BE IMPETUOUS THAN CAUTIOUS, BECAUSE FORTUNE IS A WOMAN, AND IF YOU WISH TO DOMINATE HER YOU MUST…

— 50 Cent

Impertinence will intermeddle in things in which it has no concern, showing a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence.

— George Crabbe

Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.

— John Ortberg

It is one of the oldest maxims of moral prudence: Do not, by aspiring to what is impracticable, lose the opportunity of doing the…

— William Godwin

Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.

— Jeremy Collier

Bashfulness is more frequently connected with good sense than we find assurance; and impudence, on the other hand, is often the mere effect of…

— William Shenstone

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence,…

— John Ortberg

Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage;…

— Samuel Johnson

Prudence is sometimes stretched too far, until it blocks the road of progress.

— Tehyi Hsieh