Genius Quote by Samuel Johnson

“The impudence of Ignorance”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

— Tehyi Hsieh

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

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

— Jeremy Collier

Unbecoming forwardness oftener proceeds from ignorance than impudence.

— Sir Fulke Greville

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

— Ben Jonson

It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle.

— Marcus Aurelius

Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.

— Immanuel Kant

Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— John Ortberg

Prudence, like experience, must be paid for.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan