Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students?"
Prudence quotes
Prudence
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"The only prudence in life is concentration."
Amos Bronson Alcott
Philosopher, Educator
"Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom."
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
"Prudence approaches, conscience accuses."
Thomas Carlyle
Essayist, Historian, Novelist
"Caution is the lower story of prudence."
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"Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses."
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"An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness."
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"When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent."
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"Silence is the sanctuary of prudence."
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"I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly."
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"Let us not throw the rope after the bucket."
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"There must be in prudence also some master virtue."
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"The eye of prudence may never shut."
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"Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned."
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"I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence."
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"He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered."
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"A woman's best qualities are harmful if undiluted with prudence."
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"It is prudence that first forsakes the wretched."
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"I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]"
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"Dine on little, and sup on less."
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"As love increases, prudence diminishes."
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"Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]"
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"Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune."
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"At a great pennyworth pause a while."
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"Things bring their own philosophy with them, that is, prudence."
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