"I come into the peace of wild things……" — Wendell Berry

More Forethought Quotes

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• Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight. — Napoleon Bonaparte
• A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve. — Salmon P. Chase
• The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought. — Euripides
• Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought. — Thucydides
• The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But… — Arthur Schopenhauer
• The essentials are to learn to shape God with forethought, care, and work; to educate and benefit their community, their… — Octavia Butler
• The first essential character [of civilization], I should say, is forethought. This, I would say, is what distinguishes men from… — Bertrand Russell
• The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care… — Martin Filler
• The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than… — James Anthony Froude
• Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves… — Robert Dale Owen
• I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I… — Quentin Crisp
• Socrates famously said that the unconsidered life is not worth living. He meant that a life lived without forethought or… — A.C. Grayling

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