Prudence Quotes
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Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.
William E. Gladstone
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Good nature without prudence, is foolishness
Proverb
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If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
Omar Bradley
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I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself
Niccolo Machiavelli
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts
Henry Fielding
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Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
William Blake
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Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life
Akhenaton
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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Mark Twain
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If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
Omar N. Bradley
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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
Alice Rossi
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We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and that they bore prudence on their lips.
Amitai Sandy
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Those who get their living by their daily labor . . . have nothing to stir them up to be serviceable but their wants which it is a prudence to relieve, but folly to cure.
Anne Hedges
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Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
Alvina Tan
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Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.
Alan Feldman
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Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.
Amanda Cunningham
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One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.
Alan Adler
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No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.
Knut Hamsun
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Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.
Andrew Moran
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In merest prudence men should teach. That science ranks as monstrous things, Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings - E`en Angel`s wings! - are fictions.
Al Hahn
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In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
Robert Hall
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I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
Molly Ivins
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Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.
Akhenaton
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
Alton Greene
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Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.
Alan Kral
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But we can`t deploy everything. We would have to use prudence in how we share our resources.
Lisa Ray
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But prudence can also be understood as the difference between good and bad. I know the road we`ve taken is the good and prudent one.
Anna Freud
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But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.
Andrae Hernandez
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
Aaron Westrick
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Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It`s good to be silly at the right moment.
Abner Louima
