Vincent Van Gogh
Painter
"It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent."
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Galileo Galilei
Astronomer, Physicist
"It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can never speak untruth -- whenever its true meaning is understood. But I believe nobody will deny that it is often very abstruse, and may say things which are quite different from wha."
Aristotle
Philosopher
"The soul becomes prudent by sitting and being quiet."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Military Leader, Emperor
"The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success."
Euripides
Playwright
"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent."
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"A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state for him, and must protect himself from those that will not lose it for him, if this is possible; but if he cannot, he need not concern himself unduly if he ignores these less serious vices."
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"It is neither safe nor prudent to do anything against conscience."
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"The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men."
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"Be prudent, and if you hear, * * * some insult or some threat, * * * have the appearance of not hearing it."
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"When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent."
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"Whatever I have up till now accepted as most true and assured I have gotten either from the senses or through the senses. But from time to time I have found that the senses deceive, and it is prudent never to trust completely those who have deceived us even once."
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"No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend."
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"Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment."
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"Every heroic act measures itself by its contempt of some external good. But it finds its own success at last, and then the prudent also extol."
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"In respect to foresight and firmness, the people are more prudent, more stable, and have better judgement than princes."
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"Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois"
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"A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance."
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"Lawyers are a prudent race though not very fond of liberty."
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"It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms."
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"A prudent man should neglect no circumstances."
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"Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home"
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"There are no accidents so unlucky but the prudent may draw some advantage from them."
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"It is a maxim, founded on the universal experience of mankind, that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by its interest; and no prudent statesman or politician will venture to depart from it."
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"Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny."
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"Youth is an unpleasant period; for then it is not possible or not prudent to be productive in any sense whatsoever."
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