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Prudence Quotes

"To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity"

"Quick decisions are unsafe decisions"

"Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt."

"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread"

"The hasty stroke goes oft astray"

"Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall"

"Common sense should always be in great quantity, compared with the rest of one's intellectual stores"

"If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst."

"Clever in small things, foolish in bigger ones."

"Prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto. "

"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash "

"A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can"

"We must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic."

"The better part of valor is discretion."

"Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily."

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